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.

Backs of Cards.
7. Sheet of four repetitions of one design, a group of Venus, Adonis and
Cupid; attached to part of an old book-cover and much injured
and defaced.
8. Eight woodcuts of the 16th century, coarsely but artistically executed, and supposed to be decorations for card backs. Four of
them have figures of characters in Ariosto's " Orlando Furioso,"
two represent a lady and a knight on horseback, and the remaining
two are panels of ornament.
5 x 31 in. [S. Vol. III, pI. 89.]
9. Sheet of twenty various designs, coarsely executed on wood. Ten
of them bear the word " Roma," and six others the Bolognese sign
"Al Cigno."
31 x 1I in.
10. Sheet of twenty-three various modern designs, chiefly humorous
and fanciful figures. Coarsely executed and coloured. No inscriptions.
4 x 22 in.
SPANISH.
1. Cards of 1587. Fragmentary sheet of 24, viz.-the 2-9 of the
suits clubs, cups, and coins; faintly printed and coarsely coloured
with stencils. On the 3 of clubs and 4 of cups are the initials
F. To, and the date 1587 appears on the 2 of cups. The 4 of coins
bears a merchant's mark, the 2 has the arms of Leon and Castile,
and on the 5 is the usual coin with two heads.
34 x 14 in. [S. Vol. III, pI. 93.]
2. Cards of 1587 (?). Fragmentary sheet of 25, of the same period
and style as the preceding. The outlines are invisible, only the
coarse stencilled colours remaining. Ten of the subjects are
court cards, and the remainder belong to the suits of clubs and
swords.
3. Barcelona. A. Llombart, 1822. Twenty-four of a set of Ombre
cards, printed on one sheet and coloured, viz.-the twelve court
cards, the four aces, the 2-7 of cups, the 4 of coins, and the 3 of
clubs. The ace of coins is inscribed " Fca D Anton Llombart
Barcena, 1822." Back decorated with small dotted pattern
in red.
Pi x 2 in.