{"product_id":"tarocco-soprafino-1830","title":"Tarocco Soprafino 1830 – 78-Card Historical Reproduction Vintage Italian Tarot Deck | Il Meneghello","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTarocco Soprafino 1830 – One of the Most Fascinating Italian Decks Ever Made\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn around 1830, \u003cstrong\u003eFerdinando Gumppenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most ingenious innovator in 19th-century Italian playing card manufacturing — entrusted the gifted engraver \u003cstrong\u003eCarlo Della Rocca\u003c\/strong\u003e with the task of revamping the classical 78-card tarot. Della Rocca engraved the deck on metal with extreme refinement and care, producing what became recognised as one of the most fascinating Italian decks of cards ever created. So successful was the resulting \u003cem\u003eTarocco Soprafino\u003c\/em\u003e that it was copied, more or less integrally, in silography, etching and lithography until the end of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003ehistorical reproduction\u003c\/strong\u003e is published by \u003cstrong\u003eIl Meneghello\u003c\/strong\u003e — the celebrated Milanese publisher dedicated to the faithful reproduction of rare and important Italian tarot decks — with scholarly notes by \u003cstrong\u003eGiuliano Crippa\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e78 double-embossed cards\u003c\/strong\u003e — the complete tarot, faithfully reproduced from the original 1830 Della Rocca engravings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCard titles in \u003cstrong\u003eItalian\u003c\/strong\u003e throughout: \u003cem\u003eIl Matto\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIl Sole\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Forza\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIl Diavolo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Temperan.\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eL’Appeso\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Torre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFan. di Coppe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaval di Coppe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaval di Spadi\u003c\/em\u003e, and the full 78-card sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichly coloured hand-engraving style on aged parchment grounds: full-figure court cards, classically rendered Aces (gothic chalice, crowned sword with ribbon), and expressive Major Arcana including a skeleton Death, a Neptunian Devil with trident, and a crumbling La Torre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresented in a \u003cstrong\u003etuck-style rigid box\u003c\/strong\u003e with XIX \u003cem\u003eIl Sole\u003c\/em\u003e (two figures beneath a radiant red sun) illustrated on the lid — wrapped in \u003cstrong\u003eIl Meneghello’s signature ecru bat-print tissue paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhite snowflake geometric card backs\u003c\/strong\u003e — a clean, simple reverse design; reversible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a \u003cstrong\u003ebilingual scholarly insert card\u003c\/strong\u003e (English and Italian) by Giuliano Crippa, detailing the historical provenance of Gumppenberg, Della Rocca, and the Soprafino tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn essential piece for collectors of historical Italian tarot and students of the Marseilles tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eFan. di Coppe\u003c\/em\u003e — a pink-clad Renaissance page holding a jewelled chalice — to the \u003cem\u003eII di Coppe\u003c\/em\u003e with its paired ornate urns on a chequered floor, every card carries the dignity and precision of its 19th-century origin. The Tarocco Soprafino is not a replica: it is a continuation. To hold it is to hold two centuries of Italian craft in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Meneghello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58381459063128,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/1014\/0760\/files\/1_a2763244-0f1b-4f37-8819-68fc14bbba95.jpg?v=1788443743","url":"https:\/\/tarotsuk.co.uk\/products\/tarocco-soprafino-1830","provider":"TarotsUK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}