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

SHEETS: GERMAN. 207
(d.) With French Suits.
43. Frankfort a/M. F. J. Eberhardt; c. 1780. Engraved sheet, of crude
execution, containing twelve court cards. The queens are ladies
in the costume of the period and the knaves agricultural labourers.
On one of the latter is the word "bei," on another " Friedrich
Jacob Eberhardt," and on a third "in Franckfurt am Mayn zu
haben;" the fourth supports a shield charged with an eagle.
Uncoloured and without the suitmarks.
44. [Frankfort a/M]; modern. A collection of working proofs of cards
of the class issued at Frankfort, in which the aces are occupied by
topographical or historical subjects (see German PACKS, Nos. 198-203
and 222-232), viz.(1.) Views of Hamburg; the four aces, with address of H. Riibcke;
uncoloured.
(2.) Views on the Rhine (Bingen, Lurlei, etc.); the four aces;
coloured.
(3.) Views on the Rhine (Frankfort, Wiesbaden, etc.); the four aces;
coloured.
(4.) Views of Italian cities (Verona, Mantua, etc.); the four aces
and twelve court cards; coloured.
(5.) Views of Italian cities (Naples, Turin, etc.); the four aces and
twelve court cards; coloured.
(6.) Battles in Italy, 1859; the four aces and twelve court cards;
coloured.
(7.) Battles in Mexico, 1847; the four aces and twelve court cards,
the kings being portraits of American generals; coloured
(see German PACKS, No. 203).
(8.) Views of Rio de Janeiro; the four aces and twelve court cards;
coloured. With another proof of the aces, in which the
suitmarks are varied.
(9.) Views in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro; the four aces and
twelve court cards, the latter illustrating the costumes of
South America; coloured. With an uncoloured proof of the
aces (see German PACKS, No. 222).
(10.) Views on the River Hudson, U.S.A.; the four aces; coloured.
(11.) War in South America, 1866; the four aces and twelve court
cards, the latter being portraits of the Portuguese and
Brazilian royal family and generals; coloured.