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Seven scarce Italian playing cards depicting Russia

Stock No. 24360 Category: Tags: , , , Cartographer: Anonymous.

£480

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Seven playing cards representing Russia, including a miniature map of the country on a tromp l'oeil scroll, a description with a woodblock armorial and five with lists of regional capital cities.
They are from a 78-card geographical game pack which was played with the same rules as tarocchi (tarot). The map is one of the 21 map trump cards; the three others are from the suit 'North' (the other suits being 'Central' & 'South' Europe & 'Islands'), the card with the armorial being a court card.
The woodcut pattern on the back of the card is a red flower design with the address 'Alla Colomba' (At the Dove). This was the address of Tipografia de' Franceschi in Bologna from the 1790s until at least 1860.

Additional information

Dimensions60 × 115 mm
Cartographer

Date

1790

Condition

A good example.

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