Pack of Minchiate cards (96, the Matto missing): the four suits, each of 14 cards, lettered with historical details of Persia (Cups), Rome (Batons), Greece (Swords) and Assyria (Money) and the 40 atout cards, numbered throughout, illustrating biblical, historical and mythological events etc. On the back of each card an allegorical figure of History seated among the ruins of Rome and the words "Testis Temporum." Italian, 18th century.