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

FRENCH CARDS.

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(b.) For Cartomancy.
184. Marriage; c. 1820. Complete pack of 48, with subjects illustrating
a marriage and its attendant circumstances. With numbers and
titles:- "No. 1. La Pretendue," "No. 2. Le Pretendu," etc.
Coloured. Backs decorated with a blue check pattern.
3- x 2l in.
185. Cagliostro's "L'Avenir Devoile," c. 1790. Modern reproduction
of the pack of 40 fortune-telling cards invented by Joseph
Balsamo, known as Cagliostro. With small sheet of explanatory
text. Backs mottled in dark blue. In pasteboard case, which
has on the outside a repetition of No. 37, " Pertes depouillement
Voleurs."
3k x 2 in.
186. Mile. Lenormand's " Cartes de Bonne Aventure;" recent. Complete pack of 36, each having a fanciful subject, in chromolithography, with a statement of its signification on a tablet above.
Backs decorated with a panel, in centre of which are the initials
B. D. In cardboard case; with small book of explanations.
3 x 21 in.
187. "Maniere de deviner le nom et l1age d'une Dame." Set of
seven cards on which are printed lists of female christian names;
with an extra card of "Explication " signed Frenal. Backs plain.
3 x 2 in.
188. Names of Men. Set of seven cards similar to the preceding, but
with male instead of female names. The card of "Explication"
is wanting.
3 x 2i in.
189. Questions and Answers; c. 1850. Pack of 24, consisting of
12 questions and 12 answers, which are written in French,
German and English, and humorously illustrated, e.g. "1. Aimez
vous la chasse 1 " " 1. Lorsque le temps est bon." Question No. 3
is taken from another pack. Coloured. Backs plain.
4k x 2i in.
190. "Les Grecs et les Tarcs; Jeu-Probleme "; modern. Twenty-nine
of a pack of 30, with figures in Greek and Turkish costumes, 15
of each. No. 5 of the Greeks is wanting. Coloured. Backs plain.
In cardboard case on which is a representation of a ship with a
man being thrown into the sea.
3 x 1i in.