An illustrated board for the Italian game of chance Biribi or biribissi, outlawed in 1837. Players bet on numbers from 1 to 70. Each number is illustrated with allegorical figures. Tableau du jeu de Biribi (collection Derville). Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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Size: 5979px × 5265px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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