A favorite of mine. On onr hand, humor and delicacy in some of the eye expressions, profile views and line quality...on the other hand, there's some very unusual either distortions or perhaps unique bits...
The Cavallier De Coupe is actually the Knight of Pentacles--that's the mis-titled card. I don't know if it's the deck or the reproduction?
By the way, I'm changing my note to reflect the title of the misprint above and asking if others with the deck like the finish.
Isn't this the deck that had a second engraver engraving over the original? The Two of Coins has a name scratched out I seem to remember.
you'll see the erased(?) inscription should have read;
"FAIT PAR JACQUE ROCHIAS A NEUCHATEL"
After feeling it for a while, I can tell that it's plastic. But just barely.Wow. My Soprafino's title page reads:
Tarocco
Soprafino di
F. Gumppenberg
Milano 1835
Ristampa fedelissima
edizioni
"Il Meneghello"
di O. Menegazzi
Milano 1992
Ed. di 2000 es.
No 1540/2000
Made in Italy
You made me get it out to make sure I wasn't imagining it. I wasn't (and mine's in the bookbinder thingy with ties). It's **hideously** plastic. Very glossy, and definitely plastic. I don't know if you've ever held the Maat deck which is very glossy, but that deck is not nearly as plastic as this one. Also, the fronts and backs feel different. Not at all like cards.
