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Alice - Lo Scarabeo Alice - Lo Scarabeo
The most famous story written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known by his pseudonym of Lewis Carroll). Published in 1865, it is considered one of the masterpieces of children's literature. The adventures lived by the protagonist, Alice, are suggestively illustrated in this deck by Jesus Blasco.  


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Ancient Egypt - Lo Scarabeo Ancient Egypt - Lo Scarabeo
The mysterious fascination of Ancient Egypt has pervaded western culture for centuries, which seems to search for it's own roots in the people of the Great River. Archeological discoveries renewed interest in this fascinating civilization, as this deck, beautifully illustrated by Silvana Alasia demonstrates.  


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Argonauts & Iphigenia - Lo Scarabeo Argonauts & Iphigenia - Lo Scarabeo
This deck of cards evokes two famous classical poems from Greek mythology: "The Argonauts" (Appollinio Rodin, 250 A.C. approx.) and "Iphigenia in Aulide" (Euripides, 450 A.C.). The illustrations of the painter Severino Baraldi bring these tragedies to life.  


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Baudelaire - Lo Scarabeo Baudelaire - Lo Scarabeo
In 1857 the French poet Charles Baudelaire was condemned for his collection of poems entitled "The Flowers of Evil", accused of insulting public morals and decency. The illustrations by Riche suggest the ingenious anticonformism of that "damned poet".

 


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Birds - Lo Scarabeo Birds - Lo Scarabeo
Birds represent the desire to fly free elsewhere, imagined as beautiful and light like the fluttering of wings. The animals are depicted in the cards with great artistry and precision, in a universe of feathers and colors.  


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Butterflies - Lo Scarabeo Butterflies - Lo Scarabeo
The illustrations of this deck are taken from the famous "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle", published in Paris in 1849. Created by Charles d'Orbigny, the dictionary gives life to a fascinating gallery dedicated to the beauty, colors, and perfection of butterflies.  


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Carnival - Lo Scarabeo Carnival - Lo Scarabeo
The thousand and one masks of the Venetian Carnival wink and laugh, following each other in a minuet of colours, whirling dances and sensual music. The mysterious fascination of a covered face, of dressing-up and of sweet deception connects the human spirit to a primordial rite that only Carnival is able to evoke again. 


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Cats - Lo Scarabeo Cats - Lo Scarabeo
"Nature's masterpiece", as defined by the great scientist Leonardo da Vinci, is the cat. This deck, elegantly designed by Angelo Giannini who depicted the breeds and poses, is dedicated to the cat.

 


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Christopher Columbus - Lo Scarabeo Christopher Columbus - Lo Scarabeo
With the celebrated caravels (Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria), Christopher Columbus changed the history of mankind, discovering the New World in 1492. This deck pays homage to the extraordinary adventures of the Great Admiral, depicting his life and times.

 


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Circus - Lo Scarabeo Circus - Lo Scarabeo
Clowns, trapeze artists, lion tamers and other circus characters bring the greatest show on earth to life. This deck reproduces the hand-coloured incisions by Jules Garnier from the 19th century. It is a tribute to Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Circus. 


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Coliseum - Lo Scarabeo Coliseum - Lo Scarabeo
A deck dedicated to one of the most extraordinary creations by man; the Coliseum, King of the arenas, jewel of Rome. The cards relate through the images, the planning of this monumental opera, the bloody battles between gladiators, and includes the actual naval battle that occurred within the Coliseum. Myrmidon's and retiarius's, Christian martyrs and ferocious beasts, comics and musicians, all take part in this extraordinary game that the Roman Emperors provided for the people. 54 Coloured playing cards of a legend 


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Da Vinci Tarot - Lo Scarabeo Da Vinci Tarot - Lo Scarabeo
The Leonardo Da Vinci Tarot combines the art and genius of Da Vinci with the powerful insights or traditional Tarot. The result is a hauntingly beautiful beautiful deck of cards suitable for meditation, inspiration, and divination.

Includes book and deck 


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Da Vinci Tarot - Mini - Lo Scarabeo Da Vinci Tarot - Mini - Lo Scarabeo
The Leonardo Da Vinci Tarot combines the art and genius of Da Vinci with the powerful insights or traditional Tarot. The result is a hauntingly beautiful beautiful deck of cards suitable for meditation, inspiration, and divination.

Includes book and deck 


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Decameron Tarot - Lo Scarabeo Decameron Tarot - Lo Scarabeo
Boccaccio's famous novels inspired Guadenzi to create a titillating goliardic "game" based on classic Tarot depictions. Here the Arcana have almost become an erotic manual: descriptions of multiple approaches to imaginative and "burning" sexuality, without false modesty .

Recommended for adults only.

 


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Dinasaurus & Co - Lo Scarabeo Dinasaurus & Co - Lo Scarabeo
The dinosaurs, who disappeared mysteriously 65 million years ago, continue to fascinate humanity, as can be seen by the many books, films and comics that have these enormous reptiles and all the other prehistoric animals as protagonists. Many of these are also protagonists in this deck.

 


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Dogs - Lo Scarabeo Dogs - Lo Scarabeo
Man's best friend has many faces: he is faithful, courageous and affectionate, but also playful, aggressive, lazy and greedy. Each breed has its characteristics, both physical and temperamental. These cards are dedicated to that indissoluble bond that binds every dog lover with his very own four-legged friend. 


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Dumas - Lo Scarabeo Dumas - Lo Scarabeo
During the period when the French novelist Alexander Dumas (1802-1870) published the celebrated musketeers trilogy (The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years Later, the Vicount of Bragelonne), these refined cards appeared in Paris, engraved by Avril for the publisher Gilbert. 


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Erotic Tarot Of Manara - Lo Scarabeo Erotic Tarot Of Manara - Lo Scarabeo
The master of erotic drawing transports us into an exciting dimension of ourselves and our bodies. Disturbing, explicit, and poignant scenes tell about the many joys of sex and love, secret dreams, and the most unmentionable desires. The cards also contain planetary and zodiac symbols as well as those of the four elements, useful for discovering astrological answers .

Recommended for adults only.

 


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Goethe - Lo Scarabeo Goethe - Lo Scarabeo
These types of cards, known as "transformations" because of their special graphic characteristics which intertwine the suit with the illustration, were extraordinary successful throughout Germany during the time of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832), who remains one of the greatest literary men of all times.

 


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Gothic Tarot of Vampires - Lo Scarabeo Gothic Tarot of Vampires - Lo Scarabeo
A Gothic deck, dark, romantic. Fear and mystery, but also romanticism, sensuality. The Vampires in these cards are not monsters but dark and damned protagonists that live in our times, in technological and desolate urban landscapes. They move between their human and their supernatural nature, ungodly and alien.

 


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Grand Dukes of Tuscany - Lo Scarabeo Grand Dukes of Tuscany - Lo Scarabeo
The powerful Florentine dynasty of the Medici's governed Tuscany from the 15th to the 18th century. The portraits of the four Grand Dukes and their families, painted by court painters and conserved in the museums of Florence, are reproduced in these cards, which first appeared around 1900.

 


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Gulliver - Lo Scarabeo Gulliver - Lo Scarabeo
Designed by Jesus Blasco, this deck was inspired by the famous book "Gulliver's Travels" by the Irish writer Jonathan Swift and published in 1726 in London. It recounts the marvelous adventures experienced by Doctor Gulliver.  


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History of Flight - Lo Scarabeo History of Flight - Lo Scarabeo
On December 17th 1903 at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, USA, the first motorized biplane left the ground: it was planned and constructed by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, owners of a bicycle shop. The dream of flying had finally taken off!  


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Horses - Lo Scarabeo Horses - Lo Scarabeo
The horse is a symbol of intelligence and freedom, of Eros and adventure. It is maintained that the progenitors of these extraordinary animals are the Hyracotherium in Europe and the Eohippus in North America. From them came the breeds that we know today, the more famous of which are illustrated in this deck.  


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Hot-Air Balloons - Lo Scarabeo Hot-Air Balloons - Lo Scarabeo
The research and the desire by man to be able to fly has traversed centuries since when, on the 5th of June 1793 the Mongolfiers managed to lift off a balloon in a field in Annonay in France. This deck tells the story from a dream Leonardo had up until the present day, via airships and balloons. 


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Hugo Pratt - Lo Scarabeo Hugo Pratt - Lo Scarabeo
These cards are dedicated to Hugo Pratt, poet of adventure. Here you will find a gallery of watercolours realised over the past 25 years that mark and give rhythm to the evolution of his artistic career. An exposition worthy of a museum that you can admire calmly from an armchair at home. 


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Kaiser - Lo Scarabeo Kaiser - Lo Scarabeo
The German Emperor William II (1859-1941) became known in history as "the Kaiser". To satisfy his passion for card-playing, this beautiful deck was produced. The figures depict personalities from the German nobility, from the medieval to the 1800's.

 


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Kama-Sutra - Lo Scarabeo Kama-Sutra - Lo Scarabeo
A faithful reproduction of an antique Indian deck of cards in which the aphorisms of love described in the celebrated text of Vatsyayana Mallanaga, who lived between the 4th and 7th centuries, come to life. A work from the Trivarga doctrine that has a definite erotic character, but that is also of great spiritual value.

Recommended for adults only.

 


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Kama Sutra Tarot - Lo Scarabeo Kama Sutra Tarot - Lo Scarabeo
The Kama is the pleasure attained through the five senses, aided by the spirit in union with the soul. Kamasutra signifies “aphorisms of love”. According to legend, the Kamasutra was created by the Indian god Shiva who, overwhelmed by the joys of sexual experience, dictated to a servant a treatise on erotic art, in order to make known and render eternal the amorous practices that he himself had experimented. 


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