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.

138. Military Science. G. de la Boissiere's "Jeu de la Guerre,"
c. 1710. Complete engraved pack of 52, each card having a
representation of some incident in a military campaign, with an
explanation below. The cards are numbered 1-52, the value of
each being indicated by a single suitmark enclosing a numeral.
Backs plain. In old morocco case.
33 x 21 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 52-55.]
[For the same pack in sheet form, with title and artists' names,
see French SHEETS, No. 17.]
IV.- BRETON ALLUETTES.
These packs, which are peculiar to the province of Brittany, have
Spanish suitmarks and are altogether Spanish in character and design,
except that ladies on horseback are substituted for knights. Like
Spanish packs, also, they consist of 48 cards, the four tens being suppressed.
139. La Rochelle. Reumeteau. Complete pack, roughly stencilled
and coloured. On the 2 of swords is "Faites par Reumeteau a
La Rochelle," and on several others the word "France." Backs
mottled in brown.
33 x 2i in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 13.]
140. Nantes. Imperfect pack of 33. On the queens of cups and
swords is the word "France," and on the ace and knave of
swords, and the knave of clubs the word " Nantes." The missing
cards are the 5, 9 and king of cups; the 2 and king of swords;
the 4, 5, 8, knave and queen of coins; and the 2, 3, 7, 8 and
queen of clubs. Backs marbled.
3k x 2* in.
141. Paris. A. Darodes. Imperfect pack of 47. On the 2 of swords
is "A. Darodes a Paris," and the same appears on all the court
cards. The missing card is the knave of cups. Backs decorated
with a small pattern in red. Edges gilt.
3~ x 2i in.
V.-FRAGMENTARY PACKS AND ODD CARDS.
142. All the court cards, with the exception of the king of clubs, of a
small 18th century pack of the ordinary type. They are without
names, and have on the backs engravings of toy figures.
2i x 1 in.