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.

riding on an elephant. The missing cards are:-the 3, 4, 6 and 10
of cups; the 3 and 6 of swords; the ace, 2, 3, 5, 8, knave, queen
and king of coins; the 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, and knave of clubs; and
all the atutti except the last. This is assumed to be part of a
Minchiate pack, the coin suitmarks having human heads, and the
sword cards being decorated with figures of animals; but the
knights are men on horseback as in the tarocchi packs, instead
of monsters with human bodies. Backs decorated with a figure of
"Orfeo," uncoloured.
4 x 21 in.
61. Place of issue uncertain; 18th century. Two cards from an
ordinary pack, viz., the king of swords and No. VI of the atutti.
Backs decorated with a formal pattern.
4 x 21 in.
62. Place of issue uncertain; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 57,
all unmounted, viz., the 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10 of cups; the 2-10 of
swords; the 5, 9, 10 and queen of coins; the ace-10 of clubs; and
atutti, Nos. I-V, VII, VIII, XI-XIII, XV, XVI, XVIII-XX,
XXII-XXIV, XXVI-XXX, XXXII-XXXIV, XXXVII,
XXXVIII and Matto. With these are included eight old cards
(a 2 and a 9 of swords, two aces of clubs, a No. XXIV. of atutti,
and two knaves with French suitmarks), which appear to have
been taken from the cover of a book.
63. Place of issue uncertain; 19th century. Imperfect pack of 92,
engraved on wood and coloured, with the five missing cards (the
king of cups, the 3 of swords, the 10 of clubs and atutti Nos. VIII
and XXXIV) supplied from other packs. All have a border
formed of small dots. Backs decorated with a pattern of small
flowers in blue.
3X x 21 in.
II.-PACKS OF 40 FOR OMBRE.
An Ombre pack consists of ace-7, knave, knight, and king of the
four suits-cups, swords, coins, and clubs. Ombre being a Spanish
game, Italian Ombre packs are usually of the Spanish type, for a description of which see p. 31.
64. Bologna; A. Marisi, "alla Columba"; modern. Imperfect pack
of 30, very rudely executed and much worn; uncoloured. On
the 5 of swords is " Angelo Marisi." The missing cards are:-the