CARDS OCCULT GHISI ANDREA Laberinto dato novamente in Luce

Sale 2175 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 19,200

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000

GHISI, ANDREA. Laberinto dato novamente in Luce . . . nel quale si vede M. CC. LX. Figure, quali sono tutte pronte al servitio con la sua obedienza, & corrispondenza, che parlano l'una all'altra. [24] leaves, comprising title in red and black with woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Doge Giovanni Bembo; dedication leaf with explanatory text on verso; and 22 leaves with 1260 small woodcuts of allegorical subjects printed in red. Small folio, 294x209 mm, later flexible paste-paper boards; title and next leaf rehinged with stain in lower outer corner, title soiled, repaired clean tear across first leaf of woodcuts, occasional minor marginal restoration, quality of woodcut impressions varies. Venice: Evangelista Deuchino, 1616

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Game in book form first published in 1607, including illustrations resembling Mantegna tarocchi cards. Kaplan, Encyclopedia of Tarot II, 514; Hargrave, page 376 (1607 edition); Piantanida 137 (this edition).