Caption:
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 M.S. Derville). Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene dAllemagnes Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.