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

62

U111TLOGUE7 OFi CABD&S

110. "Jeu des Rois de France." Complete pack, copied fiom the
preceding; with the same French inscriptions. The number
of cards is extended from 40 to 52, and some of the kings who
are grouped together in the original pack are here given separate
cards. The king of hearts is a whole length seated portrait of
Louis XIV when a boy. The engraved title, bearing a bust of
Louis XIV and the address of P. Mortier, Amsterdam, is mounted
on a wrapper. The pack is accompanied by a small book
containing the rules of the game and accounts of the kings.
111. "Jeu des Reynes Renommees" (Jombert 118). Complete
unmounted set of 52, with engraved title, which bears the address
of Henri Le Gras.
32 x 24 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 21-24.]
112. "Jeu des Reynes Renommees." Complete pack, copied from
the preceding, with engraved title; published by P. Mortier,
Amsterdam. The inscriptions are all placed on suspended
drapery. The title, which has been clipped, is mounted on a
wrapper. A tract giving accounts of the personages accompanies
the pack.
33 x 2 in.
113. "Jeu des Reynes Renommees." Imperfect pack of 49,
duplicate of the last, but with unclipped title. The three
missing cards, " Octavie," " Isabelle de Castille," and " Isabeau
de Baviere," have been replaced by duplicates of "Mariame,"
"Cleopatre," and " Roxelane." Mounted in a small album.
114. "Jeu des Reynes Renommees." Seven cards belonging to a
pack copied from No. 111, with Italian inscriptions. The cards
are: Roxana, Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth, Joanna of Naples,
Pentheselea, Agrippina and Medea. Backs plain.
34 x 2 in.
115. "Jeu de Geographie" (Jombert 117). Complete set, unmounted, with engraved title bearing a planisphere and the
address of Henri Le Gras. Second state, before the letters
and numbers were added.
38 x 21 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 25-28.]
116. "Jeu de Geographie." Imperfect set of the same cards, unmounted; in the third state, with letters and numbers added
in lower left corners. Twenty-four are missing, viz.-the entire
suit of hearts, the 2 and 6-king of diamonds, and the 2 and 3 of
clubs.