Lo splendore della nobilta napoletana
Subtitle: ascritta ne' cinque seggi : giuoco d'arme, esposto à somiglianza di quello, intitolato Le chemin de l'honneur
By: da d. Carlo Torelli
Publisher: Appresso Antonio Bulifon ...
Published: 1678
Place of publication: In Napoli
Language: ita
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Heraldry; Early works to 1800; Nobility; Board games; Kings and rulers
Description: Game is based on the Game of the Goose. Players must correctly describe the arms on which they land, including colors, charge, emblematic meanings, and genealogical significance. Includes rule booklet. The majority of the booklet provides heraldic information necessary for completing the game.
Notes: Signatures: a⁴A-G⁴H⁶.

Cancel slip with 4 lines on p. 22.

Engraved arms of Giovanni Luigi d'Analth, the dedicatee, on t.p.

Engraved folding plate with the arms of the noble families of Naples in the form of a board game.

Piantanida, S. Autori italiani del Seicento, I.279

Zollinger, M. Bibliographie der Spielbücher des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts, 584

Liechtenstein bookplate.

Bound in contemporary vellum.