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Antique Arcana
€149.00 EUR
A faithful Il Meneghello reproduction of the historic 18th-century Bologna tarot, originally printed by Giacomo Zoni. This 77 card deck(⚠️1 card missing!) captures the rustic charm of antique Italian tarots, complete with the traditional hand-spattered red dots that characterized original Bolognese cardmaking.
🔹 Publisher: Il Meneghello, Milan
🔹 Year: 1986
🔹 Edition: Limited to 2,500 numbered copies (your copy is hand-numbered)
🔹 Cards: 77 cards (⚠️ 1 card missing)
🔹 Card size: 10.8 × 5.8 cm
🔹 Box: Handmade Il Meneghello box with patterned paper and red ribbon closure
🔹 Design features: Rustic coloring and characteristic red spatter marks (historical decoration used to disguise wear and add liveliness)
🔹 Condition: Cards in excellent condition, box in excellent condition; Only one ribbon is slightly frayed (see photos).
A remarkable collector’s piece that preserves the aesthetics of 18th-century Italian tarots, perfect for tarot enthusiasts, historians, and collectors of Il Meneghello editions.
Those red speckled dots you see on some cards are intentional printing marks, not stains. They replicate the original 18th-century Bologna cards:
In historical Italian cardmaking, especially in Bologna, “sprinkled” or “spattered” red dots were used as a cheap and quick way to add decoration to otherwise plain card surfaces.
The technique was called “spruzzatura” (spattering) or “schizzato”, done by flicking a brush loaded with pigment across the sheet.
It was both decorative (to make the cards more lively) and functional: it helped disguise dirt and wear, so the cards looked usable for longer.
Il Meneghello reproductions carefully preserve these marks to keep the authentic look of the originals.
So the dots are not flaws — they’re a characteristic feature of the Bologna tarot tradition.
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Free shipping over $250 (€220)
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Antique Arcana
€149.00 EUR
€149.00 EUR
€149.00 EUR
A faithful Il Meneghello reproduction of the historic 18th-century Bologna tarot, originally printed by Giacomo Zoni. This 77 card deck(⚠️1 card missing!) captures the rustic charm of antique Italian tarots, complete with the traditional hand-spattered red dots that characterized original Bolognese cardmaking.
🔹 Publisher: Il Meneghello, Milan
🔹 Year: 1986
🔹 Edition: Limited to 2,500 numbered copies (your copy is hand-numbered)
🔹 Cards: 77 cards (⚠️ 1 card missing)
🔹 Card size: 10.8 × 5.8 cm
🔹 Box: Handmade Il Meneghello box with patterned paper and red ribbon closure
🔹 Design features: Rustic coloring and characteristic red spatter marks (historical decoration used to disguise wear and add liveliness)
🔹 Condition: Cards in excellent condition, box in excellent condition; Only one ribbon is slightly frayed (see photos).
A remarkable collector’s piece that preserves the aesthetics of 18th-century Italian tarots, perfect for tarot enthusiasts, historians, and collectors of Il Meneghello editions.
Those red speckled dots you see on some cards are intentional printing marks, not stains. They replicate the original 18th-century Bologna cards:
In historical Italian cardmaking, especially in Bologna, “sprinkled” or “spattered” red dots were used as a cheap and quick way to add decoration to otherwise plain card surfaces.
The technique was called “spruzzatura” (spattering) or “schizzato”, done by flicking a brush loaded with pigment across the sheet.
It was both decorative (to make the cards more lively) and functional: it helped disguise dirt and wear, so the cards looked usable for longer.
Il Meneghello reproductions carefully preserve these marks to keep the authentic look of the originals.
So the dots are not flaws — they’re a characteristic feature of the Bologna tarot tradition.
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Free shipping over $250 (€220)
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