Microscopic Tarock No. 244, circa 1875, Frankfurt/M, B. Dondorf, 78 of 78 cards, stencil colored lithography, ace of hearts contains Italian monarchic tax stamp, 50 centesimi (valid 1874-879). Trumps, double ended, Arabic numerals, depict pictures of people, occupations, objects and scenes from Germany, Russia, France and England, trumps 2 to 5 depict objects of great value, trumps 6 to 9 are tradesmen and occupations, for example, 6 German sculpturer/British alchemist, 7 Russian engineer/Russian ship builder, 8 British poet/British theologian, 9 French painter/French physician, trumps 10 to 13 are royalty and military figures, trumps 14 to 17 depict persons of wealth and social standing, trumps 18 to 21 depict affairs of state, negotiations and homage to persons of stature and nobility, double-ended Arabic numerals, and the name B. DONDORF across center of each trump, The Fool is named EXCUSE. Courts are double ended and named, such as Pierre Le Grand for king of spades, Marie de Medicis for queen of hearts, Eugene for cavalier of clubs, Shakespeare for valet of diamonds, French suits, no indices, square corners, unusual feature of this deck is that, while kings and queens have an ornamented background, and cavaliers a light blue background, the valets have plain white backgrounds, French suits, no indices, square corners, aces depict palaces of Europe. Backs are standing Roman woman with vase and flower within panel with words B. DONDORF and FRANCFORT in brown. Size 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm.) high, 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) wide. Slightly worn, original tuck box in blue somewhat damaged. Kaplan I, 312.