1917-22 - Complete Tarot Card Set
A COMPLETE DECK OF THE “TAROCCHI”, characterized by Italian suits: Spade (Swords), Bastoni (Batons), Coppe (Cups), and Denari (Coins), with Spade and Bastoni interlaced in a manner typical of these decks. Double-ended court card images, featuring four picture cards—King, Queen, Knight, and “Valet”—and ten numeral cards in each suit for a total of 56 cards. Includes 21 double-ended “atouts” (trump cards) (atutti in Italian) numbered one to twenty-one, and an extra card called “Il Matto” (The Fool) numbered 0. Although Italy is recognized as the birthplace of tarot cards and similar games (e.g., Minchiate Fiorentine), the Tarocco Piemontese originated from a reintroduction into Italy of the French Tarot de Marseille, from which it takes its appearance. Tarot is a deck of playing cards whose origin dates back to the mid-fifteenth century in northern Italy. Tarot cards spread to various parts of Europe and reached the period of greatest diffusion between the 17th and 18th centuries, and only at the end of the eighteenth century was the tarot associated with the Kabbalah and other mystical traditions.
TAROCCHI PIEMONTESI, Torino (Italy), Viassone, 1917-1922. 78 Tarot cards (10.5 x 5.5 cm), chromolithographic images, back of the cards enriched with geometrical decoration in different shades of green, rounded corners. Duty stamp on Ace of Gold. This is a stamp in use from 1917 to 1922. The text is MINISTERO FINANZE and R. PRIVATIVE. A used set in excellent condition.
A COMPLETE DECK OF THE “TAROCCHI”, characterized by Italian suits: Spade (Swords), Bastoni (Batons), Coppe (Cups), and Denari (Coins), with Spade and Bastoni interlaced in a manner typical of these decks. Double-ended court card images, featuring four picture cards—King, Queen, Knight, and “Valet”—and ten numeral cards in each suit for a total of 56 cards. Includes 21 double-ended “atouts” (trump cards) (atutti in Italian) numbered one to twenty-one, and an extra card called “Il Matto” (The Fool) numbered 0. Although Italy is recognized as the birthplace of tarot cards and similar games (e.g., Minchiate Fiorentine), the Tarocco Piemontese originated from a reintroduction into Italy of the French Tarot de Marseille, from which it takes its appearance. Tarot is a deck of playing cards whose origin dates back to the mid-fifteenth century in northern Italy. Tarot cards spread to various parts of Europe and reached the period of greatest diffusion between the 17th and 18th centuries, and only at the end of the eighteenth century was the tarot associated with the Kabbalah and other mystical traditions.
TAROCCHI PIEMONTESI, Torino (Italy), Viassone, 1917-1922. 78 Tarot cards (10.5 x 5.5 cm), chromolithographic images, back of the cards enriched with geometrical decoration in different shades of green, rounded corners. Duty stamp on Ace of Gold. This is a stamp in use from 1917 to 1922. The text is MINISTERO FINANZE and R. PRIVATIVE. A used set in excellent condition.
A COMPLETE DECK OF THE “TAROCCHI”, characterized by Italian suits: Spade (Swords), Bastoni (Batons), Coppe (Cups), and Denari (Coins), with Spade and Bastoni interlaced in a manner typical of these decks. Double-ended court card images, featuring four picture cards—King, Queen, Knight, and “Valet”—and ten numeral cards in each suit for a total of 56 cards. Includes 21 double-ended “atouts” (trump cards) (atutti in Italian) numbered one to twenty-one, and an extra card called “Il Matto” (The Fool) numbered 0. Although Italy is recognized as the birthplace of tarot cards and similar games (e.g., Minchiate Fiorentine), the Tarocco Piemontese originated from a reintroduction into Italy of the French Tarot de Marseille, from which it takes its appearance. Tarot is a deck of playing cards whose origin dates back to the mid-fifteenth century in northern Italy. Tarot cards spread to various parts of Europe and reached the period of greatest diffusion between the 17th and 18th centuries, and only at the end of the eighteenth century was the tarot associated with the Kabbalah and other mystical traditions.
TAROCCHI PIEMONTESI, Torino (Italy), Viassone, 1917-1922. 78 Tarot cards (10.5 x 5.5 cm), chromolithographic images, back of the cards enriched with geometrical decoration in different shades of green, rounded corners. Duty stamp on Ace of Gold. This is a stamp in use from 1917 to 1922. The text is MINISTERO FINANZE and R. PRIVATIVE. A used set in excellent condition.