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MARCOLINI, Francesco (18th century). Giardino de pensieri. [Venice], 1784.
2o (315 x 230 mm). Engraved portrait and title, 199 full-page engravings (some repaired tears and other restoration). Later half mottled calf (some rubbing).
A SCARCE FORTUNE-TELLING CLASSIC. LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 36 copies of the third edition, after the first edition of 1540 and second of 1550, both of which are exceedingly rare. The pages are copperplate engravings, every third of which contains an engraved vignette (3" x 3") of a human condition or quality surrounded by pictures of playing cards or dominoes with associated fortunes given in terza rima by Lodovico Dolce. The player would select a topic such as time or idleness and then select the playing cards to tell the fortune for themselves or others. The fortunes were frequently excised by the players of the fortune telling device, making intact volumes quite rare.
2o (315 x 230 mm). Engraved portrait and title, 199 full-page engravings (some repaired tears and other restoration). Later half mottled calf (some rubbing).
A SCARCE FORTUNE-TELLING CLASSIC. LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 36 copies of the third edition, after the first edition of 1540 and second of 1550, both of which are exceedingly rare. The pages are copperplate engravings, every third of which contains an engraved vignette (3" x 3") of a human condition or quality surrounded by pictures of playing cards or dominoes with associated fortunes given in terza rima by Lodovico Dolce. The player would select a topic such as time or idleness and then select the playing cards to tell the fortune for themselves or others. The fortunes were frequently excised by the players of the fortune telling device, making intact volumes quite rare.