A Collection of Italian Playing Cards in Uncut and Proof State

by Faustino Solesio

$500 · Offered by Biblioctopus

Genoa and Milan: Faustino Solesio and Giuseppe Beghi, c1900-1930. Twelve folio sheets of tarot cards in various states of production, totaling 362 cards. Sheets measure between approximately 510 × 340mm and 575 × 390mm. Printed in one to eight colors on thin paper or cardstock, one with a printed decorative back. Two sheets with penciled marginal annotations. Light general wear mostly confined to the blank margins; a few sheets with minor foxing,

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