Manifesto camerale portante notificanze che le Carte, e Tarocchi... saranno rispettivamente fasciati colle bende munite di bollo...
by (PLAYING CARDS)
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Lavardin, France
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About This Item
1820. Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1820. 31 cm. 4 pages, second page blank. Large woodcut of the complicated seal of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia; two printed strips of blue-green paper bearing examples of the decreed stamps mounted on page 4. Unbound. Bottom edge slightly frayed, small chip at upper left, paper stock rumpled a bit and uncreased. Some light soiling but a very good copy. Edict of the Royal Chamber of the Kingdom of Sardinia decreeing a stamp tax for playing cards and tarot cards manifactured for export. The decree states that cards for export would bear a stamped band distinct from the one used on domestic cards. Examples of the bands with their stamps are attached to the edict. In the eighteenth century Turin became (and remains today) a major manufacturer of tarot and playing cards. Design and production of tarot were controlled by state monopoly under the Savoy kings, who taxed the cards according to a complex system. The monopoly and the taxes were dissolved under Napoleon and the French, who administered Turin for sixteen years after 1798. When the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia was renewed in 1815, the government was unable to re-establish a monopoly on the production of cards, but it did immediately reinstate the stamp tax. The present edict specifies an export stamp distinct from the stamp on cards made for domestic use.
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- Bookseller
- Knuf Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101079
- Title
- Manifesto camerale portante notificanze che le Carte, e Tarocchi... saranno rispettivamente fasciati colle bende munite di bollo...
- Author
- (PLAYING CARDS)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1820
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Knuf Rare Books
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Lavardin
About Knuf Rare Books
Knuf Rare books was founded in the 1950s by Frits Knuf in the Netherlands. After an apprenticeship with Frits I took over the firm in 1996 which we then moved to France in 2001 where we are still based. The business is run from our home in Lavardin, one of the most beautiful villages of France located in the Loire Valley, that can easily be reached from Paris. Visitors are most welcome, but by appointment please. I am interested in the History of the Book and have a good inventory of rare and uncommon printed books, ephemeral items, prints and manuscripts from the incunable period to the twentieth century. My stock is especially strong in early auction- and library catalogues, type specimens, continental printer’s and engravers manuals, calligraphy manuals. Another interest is early continental architecture books and early art auction catalogues. Every year I issue two fully illustrated and annotated printed catalogues that are sent out upon request. In addition to that I also send out short email lists every week with a selection of books about books from our stock. And of course, I exhibit at several major international book fairs, such as New York, Boston and Paris. We work mainly with institutional customers, and are happy to discuss special institutional requirements. I adhere strictly to the professional standards and code of conduct of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Syndicat national de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (SLAM), and the Compagnie Nationale des Experts (CNE) to which I belong. I have been an international rare book dealer for over 25 years and am a member of the Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen. If you want to buy or sell single books or whole collections, have an expert valuation or if would just like some advice, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...