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

ITALIAN CARDS. 13
43. Geography and Heraldry. Bologna, 1725. Complete set, uncoloured and mounted in a bound volume, with an engraved
frontispiece, printed title-page and 12 pages of text. The title
is: "L'Utile col Diletto o sia Geografia intrecciata nel Giuoco
de Tarocchi, con le Insegne degl' Illustrissimi ed Eccelsi Signori
Gonfalonieri, ed Anziani di Bologna dal 1670, sine al 1725," with
dedication to the Marchese G. P. Pepoli. The atutti are geographical tables and the numerals armorial shields, the former printed
from metal plates, the latter from wood blocks. Every card has
its symbol or suitmark at the top. A second set of the atutti, with
slight variations, is placed at the end. This work was suppressed
by order of the Pope. [For a full account of it see Lady C.
Schreiber's "Playing Cards," vol. iii, p. 13.]
54 x 24 in.
(c.) Packs of 97 for Minchiate.
44. Bologna; "al Soldato," 18th century. Complete pack. The 3 of
cups is inscribed " Carte Fine in Bologna," and the 4 of coins
"Carte Fine al Soldato." The 6 of coins bears the duty stamp of
Romagna. Backs decorated with a diagonal pattern of fleurs-de-lis
in black.
4- x 29 in. 'S. Vol. III, pi. 90.]
45. Bologna; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 84, identical with the
last but unmounted. The 13 missing pieces are: —the 3 and 10 of
cups; the ace of swords; the 4 and 7 of coins; the 6 of clubs, and
atutti Nos. VIII, XX, XXI, XXX, XXXIII, XXXVIII and
XXXIX.
41 x 21 in.
46. Bologna; "alla Fortuna," 18th century. Complete pack. The 3
of cups is inscribed " Carte Fine in Bologna," and the 4 of coins
"Carte Fine all' Imperador." Backs decorated with the Medici
arms and inscribed " alla Fortuna."
4A x 24 in.
47. Florence; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 95 (the two missing
cards, the 5 of cups and 5 of coins, being supplied from other
packs), artistically designed and engraved on copper in modern
style; the atutti very fancifully treated. In the atutto Fame the
figure floats over the city of Florence, and from one of the trumpets
depends a banner bearing the Medici arms. No inscriptions. Uncoloured. Backs decorated with the Medici arms.
4 x 21 in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 51-55.]