c.1698 Emblèmes d'amour ( after Otto van Veen)FULL TITLE: [Emblmes d'amour illustrez d'une explication en prose fort facille pour entendre le sens moral de chaque embleme] Free Worldwide Shipping After Vaenius, Otto van Veen, Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius Printed by No publisher, no date. DESCRIPTION: [Emblem Book Emblemata] [Otta van Veen]. [Emblemes d'Amour]. [Paris?] : [s. n.], [16 ?]. In 4, [51] leaves: ill; fol. 48 plates framed at mid page, with motto and explanatory text, all framed with

gold edges well-preserved

the Greek god Helios (or Apollo) in his sun chariot

Missing the 8 of spades

"Il Matto" in Italian ones

Each Major Arcanum and court card bears a title

The first two editions are of the most extreme rarity

This is a rare early edition of the Ancien Tarot de Marseille designed by Paul Marteau and published by B

pages are brittle with age and have darkened discoloration

Schaffhausen & Hasle

with inner boards exposed at corners and edges

board showing through

incomplete set with 76 of 78 cards