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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CA TALOGVE OF CARDS.

140. Geography. Counties of England; c. 1830. Pack of 103
printed cards, giving information respecting the counties of
England and Wales. Each county has two cards, one containing
an account of it, the other a list of its chief towns. One of the
Northumberland cards is missing. In original pasteboard case,
on one side of which are the rules of the game, and on the
other the title " A New Game of British Geography, interspersed
with Historical Anecdotes... by C. A. S. Printed and sold by
S. Low, 42 Lamb's Conduit Street."
141. Geography. "Counties of England"; modern. Pack of 61,
comprising fourteen county cards and forty-seven picture cards
illustrating their towns. With two extra cards, one giving the
rules of the game, the other the key.
31 x 21 in.
142. Geography and Astronomy. "Astrophilogeon"; 1828. Pack
of 60 engraved cards, consisting of thirty terrestrial and thirty
celestial maps. Edges gilt. In original pasteboard case lettered
" Astrophilogeon, a Game of Science and Amusement. Published
by C. Hodges, 27 Portman Street, Portman Square, 1828."
37 x 21 in.
143. Music. "Pope Joan," by E. E. Thomas; c. 1830. Pack of 59,
giving the musical notes and their respective rests in all their
characters from the semibreve to the demisemiquaver. On the
first card is an engraved trophy, formed of a harp suspended
by a ribbon, with other instruments and a musit book. In
original pasteboard case bearing the address of Chappell & Co.
3i x 21 in.
144. Music. "Cassino and Commerce," by E. E. Thomas; 1830.
Pack of 70, belonging to the same series and of the same character
as the preceding. The first card is " A new Table of Musical
Characters," and the second an engraved trophy of musical instruments. With book of instructions. In original pasteboard
case bearing the address of Chappell & Co.
145. Religion and Science; late 18th century. Pack of 60 printed
cards, each containing a question or an answer on some religious
or scientific subject. With sheet of Rules of the Game, bearing
the address of W. Calvert, Great Shire Lane, Lincoln's Inn.
31 x 21 in.
146. Riddles; 1796. Forty-three oards from a set of over 100, rudely
painted in water-colours with a variety of subjects which profess