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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CAlTALOGUE OF CARnDS.

cards are king, knight and knave, and the kings stand erect, instead of
being seated as in the Italian cards. As the tarocchi game has never
been played in Spain, tarots are not found in Spanish packs, which usually
consist of 48 numeral cards, i.e., 12 of each suit, the tens being suppressed.
In Ombre packs the eights and nines are also suppressed, the total being
thus reduced to 40. In modern packs the suits are numbered through
1-12. A peculiarity to be observed in Spanish cards is that the suits of
cups, swords and clubs have respectively one, two, and three gaps or
intervals in the upper and lower marginal lines of every card.
I.-PACKS OF 40 FOR OMBRE.
1. Barcelona. A. Llombart, 1815. Complete pack. All the coins
have on the suitmarks the arms of Aragon, except the ace, which
has those of Leon and Castile, and is inscribed "Fca. D'Anton
Llombart Barcen", 1815." Backs decorated with pattern of small
stars and dots, in red.
33 x 21 in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 99.]
[For another pack published by Llonmbart, 1822, see Spanish
SHEETS, No. 1.]
2. Barcelona. Torras and San Martino, 1829. Imperfect pack of 25.
The ace of coins has a laurel-crowned head, and is inscribed " Por
Torras y S". Marti Barcelona," and the 4 of cups bears a device
of a horse between two towers, with the words "De una Oja"
above, and a scroll below inscribed "Por Torras y Sn. Marti
Bar"n., 1829." The missing cards are the ace, 3, 6, knave and
king of cups; the 3-5 of swords; the 5, 6 and knave of coins; and
the 2, 3, 5 and knave of clubs. facks decorated with a small
pattern, in blue.
31 x 23 in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 98.]
3. Igualada. Garcia and Boyer; modern. Complete pack. On the
ace of coins is a lion with a globe and "Fabrica de Ygualada,"
and the 4 of cups has a vignette introducing the same lion, with
the inscriptions " De una hoja," " FP". de Garcia yBoyer,'Ygualada."
Backs decorated with a diagonal pattern, in red and black.
3- x 23 in.
4. Leipsic; modern. Complete pack, made in Germany for use in
Mexico. The ace of coins has the device of an eagle devouring a
snake, and is inscribed "Hechos en Leipsique." Backs decorated
with a pattern of stars and dots, in brown.
3 x 2i in.