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

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CATALOGUE OF CARDS.

109. Chronology of the Popes. G. B. Albrizzi, Venice, c. 1770.
"II Giuoco Cronologico Storico, in cui si contengono le geste
principali dei Romani Pontefici.... si vende in Venezia da
Giambattista Albrizzi al prezzo di lire tre." Companion pack to
No. 105, complete, with 6 preliminary cards containing the title
and rules of the game. The account of the Popes commences on
the first card with St. Peter, and ends on the last with the election of Clement XIV in 1769. The cards are numbered throughout 1-52, the order of the suits being cups, coins, clubs, swords.
Backs decorated with a check pattern in black and white. In
original pasteboard case lettered " Giuoco Cronologico per uso de
Giovanetti Studenti."
38 x 21 in.
110. Brianville's Heraldry; c. 1680. Complete pack, with French
suitmarks, showing the armorial bearings of the various European
states. An Italian edition of the cards first issued by Oronce
Fine, called De Brianville, at Lyons in 1659. [See French
PACKS, Nos. 129-135]. The papal arms are those of Innocent XI
(Odeschalchi) 1676-1689. All the cards bear numbers beside
the suitmark, ranging from 1 to 355, which presumably refer to
the pages of the volume in which they were originally published.
Backs plain. In cloth-covered case.
31 x 21 in.
111. Brianville's Heraldry; 1681. Same pack as the last, in the
form of a book with text and following title:-" Giuoco d'arme
dei Sovrani e de gli Stati d'Europa... di C. Oronce Fine,
detto di Brianville; tradotto dal Francese in Italiano da
Bernardo Giustiniani," Napoli, 1681. Instead of the numbers
near the suitmark others, corresponding to the pages of the book,
are inserted in the upper right corners.
112. Brianville's Heraldry; c. 1695. Same pack; a later edition,
the papal arms being those of Innocent XII (Pignatelli),
1691-1700. Backs plain. In pasteboard case lettered "Carte
da Tre Sette."
113. Venetian Heraldry; 1707. "Preggi della Nobilita Veneta
abbozzati in un giuoco d'Armi di tutte le Famiglie. Di D.
Casimiro Freschot," 1707. A duodecimo volume giving historical
accounts of the noble families of Venice, illustrated with 52 plates
of armorial bearings in the form of playing cards, the suitmarks
of which are violets, roses, lilies and tulips. Of the first edition
of this work, which appeared in 1682, a copy is in the King's
Library, British Museum. This, the second edition, extends to
448 pages, with a supplement consisting of 31 pages of text and