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.

28. Munich. I. IH.; 19th century. Complete pack, similar in all
respects to No. 24, except that the initials on the king of hearts
are I. H., and the 8 of hearts bears the arms of Munich with the
same initials. On the latter card is also the Bavarian excise stamp.
Backs decorated with an acorn pattern
3i x 2k in.
29. Neuburg. J. Arnold. Complete pack, of the Bavarian type. On
the 8 of hearts is a monument decorated with a sphinx and inscribed
"Joseph Arnold in Neuberg." Backs mottled red.
38 x 2k in.
30. Neuburg. V. Arnold, 1819. Freiherr v. Aretin's historical cards.
Imperfect pack (wanting the 4 sixes, on which the subjects of all
the pieces are noted) of the usual type, etched on stone, with
vignettes on the numerals representing incidents in the history of
Bavaria. The knaves are in national costumes and the king of
acorns represents the dying Elector Maximilian III, who expired
on 30 Dec., 1777. On the deuce of hearts is a military trophy
with " Bei Victoria Arnold Kartenfabricantin zu Neuburg an der
Donau. In comfission bei I. Lorenz Rugendas zu Augsburg." The
suitmarks only are coloured. Backs decorated with a pattern of
blue stars.
[For another set of these cards, which includes three of the sixes,
see German SHEETS, NO. 15.]
3k x 2 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 135-8.]
*** The pack should be accompanied by a book entitled: " Vaterlandsche Erinnerungen bey Gelegenheit der neu herausgegeben teutschen Spielkarten fiir das bayrische Yolk. l'on Christoph Freyh. v.
Aretin," 1819.
31. Neustadt. E. Doll; early 19th century. Complete pack, of the
ordinary type, without any vignettes on the pip cards. On the 6
of hearts are the arms of Bavaria and Nuremberg, with "Emil
Doll in Neustadt"; on the deuce of acorns the Bavarian lion
supporting the arms of Nuremberg; and on the deuce of leaves the
arms of Bavaria, with a man writing on a tablet " Der 18 Oct.
1813 " (the date of the battle of Leipsic). Backs decorated with
a pattern of black crosses.
3k x 2i in.
32. Nuremberg. J. E. Backofen; early 19th century. Complete
pack, identical in subjects and designs with No. 19, but printed
from different plates and having the titles in German and French.
The tablet on the 7 of hearts is inscribed " Joh. Ernst Backofen in
Niirnberg S. No. 760." The drapery on the 6 of acorns bears the
engraver's name "J. Wolf sc." Backs decorated with a blue
diagonal pattern.
3] x 2 in.