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.

178. Alphabet. Pack of 42, each having a letter of the French alphabet
(capital and lower case) within a broad rectangular ornamental
border. Of most of the cards there are duplicates, but three
letters (K, X and Y) are wanting. Backs decorated with diagonal
rows of square black dots.
33 x 21 in.
179. Alphabet with costumes; modern. A double pack (all the cards
being in duplicate) of 64, coarsely executed and coloured, each
having a whole length figure in some national costume, with a
capital letter in the upper left corner. On some is the name
"David a Paris," and on the T card is "Typ. Vert Freres, 8 rue
Franqois-Mirou." Coloured. Unmounted.
31 x 2 in.
180. "Alphabet Militaire"; c. 1840. Complete pack of 25, each
having a subject of military life, with a capital letter above,
as:-"A. Ambulance," "B. Bivouac," etc. Coloured. Backs
plain. In pasteboard case, on which is the title with a vignette
of a soldier teaching a boy.
31 x 21 in.
181. Theatrical characters; 18th century. Sixteen cards, each
divided diagonally, and having two demi-figures of characters
in Moliere's "Malade Imaginaire" and other plays. On one
(" L'Amour en capuchon-Pierrot Charlatant') is "a Paris chez
Mondbave et Jea-", and on another (" Le Pere Clus —Dragons ")
is " rue St. Jean de Beauvais." Backs decorated with a coloured
pattern of rosettes, etc.
31 x 24 in.
182. Theatrical characters. Another set of the same cards, with a
different pattern on the backs.
183. "Jeu des Chevaliers"; c. 1820. A pack of 10 large and 50
small cards; on the former are whole length figures of men in
the costumes of different European orders of knighthood, and to
each of these belong 5 of the small cards, all bearing the arms of
the knight's country displayed on a banner. Coloured. Backs
plain. In pasteboard case which bears the title, with figures of a
mediaeval and a modern knight, and the address " Paris, Gide fils,
Rue St. Marc-Feydeau No. 20."
54 x 3 in.; 31 x 24 in.