Edizioni del Solleone

A. Camoin & Cie, Casablanca & Marseille
Spanish national pattern by A. Camoin & Cie, Casablanca & Marseille

Carte Méthodique
Reproduction of a French pack by François Silvestre intended to teach heraldry, produced in Paris in 1712.

Cartes Recréatives
Cartes Recréatives is a set of Transformed playing cards designed by Armand-Gustave Houbigant (1790-1863) and first published by Terquem et May, Metz, in 1819.

Corona Ferrea
Trumps depict historical scenes primarily of the political period known as the Holy Roman Empire from the 6th to 16th century.

Il Mercante in Fiera del Solleone
Traditional Italian card game with bold designs by Costante Costantini.

Italia playing cards
Small, narrow cards designed by Osvaldo Menegazzi, bearing a strong resemblance to a Swedish pattern pack.

Jeu Grotesque
Jeu Grotesque was first published in France c.1800.

L’Utile col Diletto
Geographical and Heraldic Tarocchi cards from Bologna, 1725.

La Cour Galante
‘La Cour Galante’ playing cards with erotic images by Costante Costantini, Italy, 1979.

Le Jeu de la Guerre
Facsimile of “Le Jeu de la Guerre” designed by Gilles de la Boissière in 1698.

Le Nuove Minchiate di Firenze
Costante Costantini's second Minchiate deck, “Le Nuove Minchiate di Firenze”, was published by Solleone in 1981.

Minchiate Fiorentine
Minchiate Fiorentine created by Costante Costantini, published by Edizioni del Solleone.

Minchiate Fiorentine, 17th C.
17th century Minchiate cards reprinted from the original woodblocks.

Mitelli ‘Gioco di Passatempo’
Il Gioco di Passatempo contains 40 figurative playing cards depicting moral virtues and vices, dated 1690.

Napoleone playing cards
Long, narrow cards designed by Osvaldo Menegazzi, featuring Napoleon, Josephine and various soldiers.

Neapolitan Pattern
Neapolitan pattern

Piedmont Pattern
The Piedmont pattern is a very close relative to the French 'Paris' pattern. The courts are not named, however, and are divided horizontally (rather than diagonally).

Portuguese pattern
19th century Portuguese pattern, re-printed from original woodblocks.

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

Schwarze Katze (or Gioco del Gatto Nero)
Reproduction of a 40-card transformation pack with designs by “WS”, adapted for the game of Black Cat.