kwaw
Italian edition (2000 limited edition) of 1983, reprint of the "Jeu de la Princess Tarot" which I think was first published as illustrations in a book of fate in 1843 and made into a set cards in the latter half of the 19th century and marketed by games manufacturer and editor Charles Wattilliaux in the 1870s. According to tarotpedia the 1983 Dusserre edition is a photo-reproduction of an 1876 edition. Mark Filipas reviews the 1983 reproduction Cartomanzia Italiana Edition by Soleone here:
http://pasteboardmasquerade.com/Reviews/cartoma.html
The Dussere edition:
http://www.tarotpedia.com/wiki/Jeu_de_la_Princesse_Tarot_(Dusserre_edition)
cerulean in another thread writes:
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The first version was designed by Lorambert under the name Johannes Trismegiste and published with Jules Laisne, it first appeared in 1843 in a book called L'Art de tirer les cartes, revelations completes sur les destinees au moyen des cartes et des tarots, d'apres les methodes les plus certaines (The Art of reading the cards, complete instructions on fortune-telling by means of cards and tarots, according to the most reliable methods).. It was reprinted 1850.
The book was printed again with new titles on the cards in 1864. Card 1 was called "King Thoth," card 2 was "Anubis," and 8 "the princess Tarot." "The accompanying book"--Decker et al do not say whether it is a new book or a revision of the previous one--"describes the Princess Tarot as a great prophetess of Thebes and of Memphis" (p. 150). So this deck was called the "la princesse Tarot" deck. Production was continued by Watillaux. However the reproductions of Decker et al's plate 7 are courtesy Editions Dusserre, Paris. So perhaps Editions Dusserre continued its publication later. Watillaux was active 1874-1908.
end quote from thead here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=122602
L'Art de tirer les cartes, révélations complètes sur les destinées au moyen des cartes et des tarots... par Johannès Trismégiste...
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