78/3026 [Cards and cardgames]. Deck of 33 cards, all in watercolour, prob. Dutch/ Flemish, 18th cent., 8,6x6 cm.

= All suits run from VI to ace, but clubs lack the king, hearts lacks VIII, spades lacks the queen (diamonds is complete). All aces are illustrated with an anthropomorphic animal and are indicated by the word "Haes" (= hare); the knaves are indicated by the word "Sot" (= fool). Unusual and rare caricatural set of cards. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.