Il Tarocco del Mondo Nuovo

Amerigo Folchi (d. 2020) clearly did a lot of research before coming up with the designs for this pack and the themes for each suit. These sources include the writings of Christopher Columbus as well as some more modern-day authors. What strikes one almost immediately are the colours used (predominantly blue, yellow, orange-red and purple) and the marbled backgrounds against which the designs are set. Each suit is associated with a different theme: arts and crafts of the native populations of the New World (pentacles); the ocean, birds and animals (cups); Spanish heraldic symbols (swords); globes and nautical charts (wands). Each card carries a title in Italian, Spanish, English and French. One has to admire Folchi for his endless imagination when devising so many different images for so many different Tarot packs • See the box

Above: Il Tarocco del Mondo Nuovo printed and published by Italcards, Bologna, Italy, 1991. 78 cards + 2 title cards + fold-out leaflet in tuck box. The back design is repeated on the back of the box. Size: 70.5 x 110 mm. © Italcards 1991

See the leaflet side 1 • side 2