In my searches I found images of the deck at the British Museum...
I was so captivated by these images, as if I was pressing my nose up against a virtual museum cabinet!
These were published in the early 1800s by G.P.J. Bieling of Nurenberg, Germany, and this deck was bequeathed to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber in 1896, a lady of nobilty who donated to museums on more than one occasion ... but it is interesting that her 'playing cards' she kept till her death, and bequeathed them afterwards. This makes me believe that they were something she truly valued.
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