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An 18th century playing-card map of Persia

RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de.

R. di Farsistan anticamente Persia, et Elam del proprio Soffi.
Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 110 x 70mm.

A rare miniature map of Persia engraved by Lamberti for the 'Minchiate', the Florentine version of the Tarot, which had each card marked with an arcane symbol. The full set was published in Augusto Da Rabatta and Jean Baptiste De Baillou's pocket atlas 'Nuovo Atlante Generale'. Information on the map is minimal, but an extensive key gives the names of the various regions.


Stock ID : 13011

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Stock Id :13011

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An 18th century playing-card map of Persia

RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de.

R. di Farsistan anticamente Persia, et Elam del proprio Soffi.
Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 110 x 70mm.

A rare miniature map of Persia engraved by Lamberti for the 'Minchiate', the Florentine version of the Tarot, which had each card marked with an arcane symbol. The full set was published in Augusto Da Rabatta and Jean Baptiste De Baillou's pocket atlas 'Nuovo Atlante Generale'. Information on the map is minimal, but an extensive key gives the names of the various regions.


Stock ID : 13011

£300

£300

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