Stefano Della Bella

Instructive and Educational Playing Cards
Playing cards with an educational and instructive purpose first trended in mid-17th century France, inspiring imitations on a growing number of topics such as Arithmetic, Fortification and Military Science, Geometry, Grammar, Heraldry, Cartography, Biographies, Mythology, History, Political Satire, and so on.

Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella and published in c.1644.

Rois de France
Cartes des Rois de France (1644) facsimile edition by Edizioni del Solleone, 1986.