Gymnasium 3 7. u d 3. ∅ This is a library shelfmark or classification number added by a later hand.

JOST AMMAN,

CITIZEN OF NUREMBERG,

PLAYING CARDS,

Illustrated with four-line verses original: "Tetrastichis"

Jan Heinrich Schröter of Güstrow, Me-

cklenburger, Knight, and Imperial Poet Laureate. A "Poet Laureate" was an honor bestowed by the Holy Roman Emperor for excellence in Latin poetry.

Artistic and well-

drawn figures / in a new deck of

Jan Heinrich Schröter of Güst-

row / Imperial Crowned Poet.

Printed at Nuremberg / by

Leonhardt Deußler.

IN THE YEAR 1588.

Property of Johann Georg von Werdenstein Werdenstein (1542–1608) was a famous German book collector and canon of Augsburg.