COPYRIGHT 1974 AND 1975 LONGOBARDICA AND USG
I was just thinking that on my way to work this morning. About the copyright. It is also possible, I think, that the copyright to the two replacement drawing might be subjected to a different copyright agreements, than the rest of the deck. If you think about it, they belong to two different owners really. The original images are owned by whoever, and the two images are - surely - owned by the artist who paint them, somehow.
I wonder if in 1974 Longobardica owned all rights to all images, 'original' and 'replacements'. While USG only owned the 'original' images in 1974 and not until 1975 that they have the right to use the 2 'replacement' images.
Just a theory
Is there anyone out there who can translate what this means "Da: I Tarocchidi Stuart R. Kaplan, Mondadori." That was what was stated under the Devil and Tower card of the Longobardica c1974 ed. That might explain what the story is with those two images around 1973 - 1974 between USG and Longobardica.
SCAPINI'S DEVIL IN LO SCARABEO 2002 2ND ED
Speaking of theories and 'replacement' cards in Visconti decks, I have another theory about Scapini's Devil card in the later Visconti edition (Lo Scarabeo, 2002, 2nd ed). I think he WANTED us to know that those were HIS paintings. He made no attempt of trying to blend in, and I could have sworn the face of the Devil is HIS face........ O_0
http://www.felicityk.info/tarot/visconti/index.html
LONGOBARDICA'S 1974 CASE
The Longobardica case seems to be made for collectors, because it is in the shape of an old fashioned book. I do not believe it is leather. But it is made to look like a leather book. And it has a hard cardboard slip case. When I keep it standing in my book shelf, the spine is showing like a genuine old book. It is rather nifty I must say. I usually sneer at anything that is trying to be anything else
But this sits amongst my other books like it belongs there
What is the packaging of USG 1ed looks like....? Or have we discussed this before.... So many facts to consider and remember!!!!
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=219027
IMAGES
As for images on this one, this is the only Visconti Sforza facsimile deck that I own. So I can't compare it with anything else other than the Cary-Yale which is an entire different deck I suppose. But I don't recall feeling irksome about their images.
CARD STOCK
They feel very paper-y. Minimal smoothing of surface of any kind. Looks and feels like naked paper. Feels slightly thinner than the Cary Yale USG 1984 Switzerland, but I can't be sure....!