Le Fanu
Just got this in the post today - the new 22-card Golden Oswald Wirth. Very gold and a very nice reproduction. The cards are a manageable size - a bit shinier than normal LoS cardstock but maybe it just feels that way because of the gold sheen. The colours of the actual cards look slightly aged and the gold isn't that same gold which you see applied to the Klimt and Visconti Sforza - it is a sort of glittery gold - there is glitter embedded, which is quite curious. I have never seen any other LoS deck with this effect.
http://www.loscarabeo.com/lang-en/grandi-trionfi/743-golden-wirth-tarot.html
For anyone looking for an atmospheric Majors only deck, this would be a great choice. The drawings look, to my eye, original - i.e. not redrawn or modernised in the way the Visconti Sforza is. It's a beautiful version - and nice sturdy box. Glitter apart, it has a lovely old-fashioned feel to it.
I notice that the book - a brief introduction and card meanings, nothing else (repeated in 5 other languages apart from English) - has "Oswlad Wirth" written on the cover. That's quite a typo! There are two blank pages at the back, headed "Notes".
Cards measure just over 14 cm x 8 cm.
http://www.loscarabeo.com/lang-en/grandi-trionfi/743-golden-wirth-tarot.html
For anyone looking for an atmospheric Majors only deck, this would be a great choice. The drawings look, to my eye, original - i.e. not redrawn or modernised in the way the Visconti Sforza is. It's a beautiful version - and nice sturdy box. Glitter apart, it has a lovely old-fashioned feel to it.
I notice that the book - a brief introduction and card meanings, nothing else (repeated in 5 other languages apart from English) - has "Oswlad Wirth" written on the cover. That's quite a typo! There are two blank pages at the back, headed "Notes".
Cards measure just over 14 cm x 8 cm.