Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

SHEETS: GERMAN.

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four are occupied by maps of the 4 continents, and 2 by a
" Vorbericht"; the remaining two form the frontispiece and
title: —" Tabulse Geographice. Die Geographia oder Erd Beschreibung in ein Carten Spiel von LII Blaetter.... ins Teutsche
vorgestellet. Augspurg. Bey Joh. Stridbeck Jr."
31 x 1I in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 8.]
52. Heraldry; c. 1700. Engraved sheet, copied exactly from that
published by Silvestre in Paris (see French SHEETS, No. 15). The
inscriptions in the upper part are the same but given in German
as well as French, and the dedication is addressed " au Lecteur"
in both languages. The plate is signed " Philipp Ernst Kieni fee.
Augspurg."
3i x 2k in.
53. Calligraphy; 1769. Complete set of 52, with two title cards,
engraved on seven plates. All have military figures executed in
calligraphic flourishes, and on the first 25 are also letters of the
alphabet written in various styles, while the second 25 have words
written in the same way. One of the titles runs "Dieses
Franz6sisches Charten-Spiel oder Vorschrifft ist zu haben u. zu
finden beij Johan Christoph Albrecht, Sch6n- und Kunstschreiber
in Niirnberg 1769."
4 x 2t in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 114-116.]
(e.) Without Suits.
54. For the Vogelspiel. M. Schatzberger, Passau. [German PACKS,
No. 325.] Sheet containing the twenty picture cards of this pack.
Uncoloured. Backs decorated with a floral pattern in blue.
55. Emperors of Germany; modern. Sheet of 52 portraits of
Emperors of Germany from Charlemagne to Francis II; executed
on wood.
(f.) Backs of Cards.
56. Sheet of six, all alike, with group of Apollo and two muses, and
the name " Hanns Wisinger."
[S. Vol. II, pi. 88.]
57. Sheet of sixteen, all alike, having a standing figure of a king; very
coarsely executed. Uncoloured.
58. Fragmentary sheet of nine, all alike, having a standing figure of an
oriental monarch. Coloured.
59. Thirteen sheets and fragments of sheets of floral decoration;
16th to 18th centuries.
p