‘DICHTER-QUARTETT’ ‘POETS’ card game. Jos. Scholz. Vsk Nuremberg. Germany      1930

Joseph Carl Scholz (1768-1813) founded his publishing company 1793 in Wiesbaden, but moved to Mainz in 1829. During the years 1832-1880 Christian Scholz operated the company. The company was closed in the 1970s.

24 cards in total. (Six sets of 4 cards) + Rules card (in German)
Lithographic colour printing.

I
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER (1759-1805)
JOH.WOLFGANG GOETHE (1749-1832)
CHRISTOPH MARTIN WIELAND (1733-1813)
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781)

II
THEODOR KORNER (1791-1813)
ERNST MORITZ ARNDT (1769-1860)
FRIEDRICH RUCKERT (1788-1866)
MAX V. SCHENKENDORF(1783-1817

III
FERDINAND FREILIGRATH (1810-1876)
JOSEPH VON EICHENDORFF (1788-1857)
LUDWIG UHLAND (1787-1862
JOHANN PETER HEBEL (1760-1826

IV
KLAUS GROTH (1819-1899)
JOSEPH VICTOR VON SCHEFFEL (1826-1886)
PAUL HEYSE (1830-1914
EMANUEL GEIBEL (1815-1884

V
THEODOR FONTANE (1819-1898
FRITZ REUTER (1810-1874
EDUARD MORIKE (1804-1875)
THEODOR STORM (1817-1888

VI
RICHARD DEHMEL (1863-1920
GUSTAV FALKE (1853-1918)
DETLEV VON LILIENCRON (1844-1909)
GERHART HAUPTMANN (1862)

100 x 68
No box
FINE+ condition.  Colours are still bright, no tears, no creases, some signs of age wear