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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. [25] leaves, comprising title in red and black with woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Doge Giovanni Bembo; leaf of descriptive text; dedication leaf with instructions on verso; and 22 leaves with 1260 small woodcuts of allegorical subjects printed in red. Small folio, 289x206 mm, modern leather; title soiled, with vertical crease, small dampstain in outer margins through most of volume, lower margins cropped entering bottom of woodcuts on several leaves, clean tear across one leaf of woodcuts crudely repaired on verso causing slight image loss. Venice: Evangelista Deuchino, 1616
Second edition of a game of divination in book form originally published in 1607, profusely illustrated with woodcuts resembling the Northern Italian instructional cards known as the Mantegna Tarocchi. Kaplan, Encyclopedia of Tarot II, 514; Hargrave, page 376 (1607 edition); Piantanida 137 (this edition).
