Map Playing & Collectible Cards:
| 1779 Aniello Lamberti (engraver): "Regno Di Pollonia Anticamente Sarmatia," Florence, image 100 x 60 mm. From the Florentine version of the Tarot: the "Minchiate." The full set was published by Augusto Da Rabatta and Jean Baptiste De Baillou's pocket atlas "Nuovo Atlante Generale." From www.alteagallery.com |
1920-39: The French chocolate company Chocolat Pupier (founded in the 1860's and still available in France today) created collectible
trading cards with the flags, maps, costumes and views of countries of the world -- including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia:
trading cards with the flags, maps, costumes and views of countries of the world -- including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia:
(A website with a full collection of trrading cards:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/sets/72157602018755021/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/sets/72157602018755021/
1800 - 1838 K.M. Gribanov: Playing cards in Russian from a set of 60, each devoted to a different guberniya (province) of the Russian Empire, One
side of each card shows the local costume, the provincial coat of arms and a list of numbered town names; the other side contains a map with numbers for the town
locations, and the distance from the main town to Moscow in "versts" (1.0668 kilometers). From National Library of Russia at http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4464/
side of each card shows the local costume, the provincial coat of arms and a list of numbered town names; the other side contains a map with numbers for the town
locations, and the distance from the main town to Moscow in "versts" (1.0668 kilometers). From National Library of Russia at http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4464/
| Grodno guberniya |
| Minsk guberniya |
| Courland guberniya |
| Kingdom of Poland |
Vilno guberniya
1856 These cards, created and published in St. Petersburg, are part of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated geographic cards – one for each guberniya of the Russian Empire in 1856.
Each card displays an overview of a guberniya's culture, history, economy, and geography. The front of the card depicts features like rivers, mountains, major cities identified
by name and number, and chief industries. The back of each card contains a map of the province, cities identified by numbers on the map, the provincial seal, population
statistics, and a picture of the local costume of the inhabitants. From the Ntional Library of Russia: http://www.wdl.org/en/search/?collection=geographic-card-set-of-the-russian-empire#740
Each card displays an overview of a guberniya's culture, history, economy, and geography. The front of the card depicts features like rivers, mountains, major cities identified
by name and number, and chief industries. The back of each card contains a map of the province, cities identified by numbers on the map, the provincial seal, population
statistics, and a picture of the local costume of the inhabitants. From the Ntional Library of Russia: http://www.wdl.org/en/search/?collection=geographic-card-set-of-the-russian-empire#740
Grodno guberniya
Kingdom of Poland
Kovno guberniya
Vitebsk guberniya
Estonia guberniya
Liefland guberniya
Vilno guberniya