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Has anyone got a copy of this? Thoughts?
I was looking through Mark Filipas review and concur that it seems like a later copy. I would add that some of the cards bear some resemblance to the 1880 Avondo Brothers Tarot., e.g. the valet de coupe (the face is a cross between that and the 1835 deck); le mat is rather cheerful looking in line with the 1880 deck; l'etoile - the woman seems to have a rather thin hairband as per the 1880 deck compared with the much thicker hairband of the 1835 deck. Also the card titles in French would suggest that the artist wanted to give it a French flavour or perhaps was a French native speaker. No Italian would do this. And lastly, the images contain more of the scene than the 1835 deck - this could go either way but I'd be willing to say that the artist probably wanted to see more of the images/scene compared with the 1835 and 1880 decks and decided to make them smaller and include more of a scene - in line with the other mods to French language, less nudity etc. It suggests someone is modifying the deck to their liking.
http://pasteboardmasquerade.com/Reviews/dellaroc.html
I can only go on the scans I've seen on the web but it looks quite pretty, albeit there seems to be less facial detail in some of the images. Tempting.
I was looking through Mark Filipas review and concur that it seems like a later copy. I would add that some of the cards bear some resemblance to the 1880 Avondo Brothers Tarot., e.g. the valet de coupe (the face is a cross between that and the 1835 deck); le mat is rather cheerful looking in line with the 1880 deck; l'etoile - the woman seems to have a rather thin hairband as per the 1880 deck compared with the much thicker hairband of the 1835 deck. Also the card titles in French would suggest that the artist wanted to give it a French flavour or perhaps was a French native speaker. No Italian would do this. And lastly, the images contain more of the scene than the 1835 deck - this could go either way but I'd be willing to say that the artist probably wanted to see more of the images/scene compared with the 1835 and 1880 decks and decided to make them smaller and include more of a scene - in line with the other mods to French language, less nudity etc. It suggests someone is modifying the deck to their liking.
http://pasteboardmasquerade.com/Reviews/dellaroc.html
I can only go on the scans I've seen on the web but it looks quite pretty, albeit there seems to be less facial detail in some of the images. Tempting.