Thanks gregory
Yes that is the deck, I am reading the thread/links you posted, I feel in love with the deck, the book is too RWS to go with the deck. I hoping to find in the thread that it may be a facsmile, however there something odd about the colors so maybe it will be mentioned about it the thread/links.
I found this at a bargain, I was after the deck not the book. lol the book and deck cost me a whole 99 cents.
La Force
ETA: Wow...I found one of my answers maybe two. I'm stoked, another great bargain
The following is old information but I thought I'd mention it for those who may not be aware of it.
The Camoin Bicentennial deck [not to be confused with the Camoin-Jodorowsky deck] was a deck published in 1960 by House of Camoin. It was printed using the original 1760 Nicolas Conver TdM woodplates. The colour scheme used for the 1960 printing was the colour scheme used in 1880. I understand that the earliest colour scheme is that in the Héron edition's specimen and that the Lo Scarabeo edition's specimen has a colour scheme employed after 1760 but before 1880.
The Thunder Bay Press edition is a photoreproduction of the Camoin Bicentennial, and is thus a deck worth looking at.
searching for more.
La Force
ETA #2:
Here is some info on the colors I found in the thread, how ever it is somewhat vague, where would I find more info about the colors?
Well, per Rusty (whose encyclopedic knowledge I trust!) it's photoreproduction of the Camoin Bicentennial reprint of the Conver, but it uses a later color scheme, which I read very recently on the camoin.com website isn't accurate (1880 colors) with the original. I do find it aesthetically pleasing, but for a new-looking deck with closer-to-original colors, the 1998 Camoin/Jodo deck is more what the 1760 Conver had goin' on. So the line drawings are original Conver, but the colors are what the same company was using in 1880.
The Bicentennial coloring basically follows the Grimaud not the original Conver.
If the Bicentennial doesn't follow the original Conver colors, then maybe Thunder Bay is a viable option.
ETA #3:
I took a look at the card scans at Mark Filipas' review of the Lyle deck and also checked out my Marteau/Grimaud images. It looks like the Lyle deck is a photoreproduction of the Camoin Bicentennial but that Lyle has altered the colours. Based on the cards shown in the Filipas review and at Filipas' comparison page, the cards of the Lyle deck have colouring similar overall to the Marteau/Grimaud deck's colouring yet with differences in details. For example, in the case of the World card's human figure in the top, left hand corner of the card, the figure has a red and blue vestment in the Lyle deck while the figure has a white and blue vestment in the Marteau/Grimaud deck.
Hi Rusty,
In my opinion, Thunder Bay Press did not alter any of the colors in spite of slight differences between it and the Bicentennial (such as in the blue of the 2 of Coins ribbon and in the pink of the Moon's dogs). What I think we are seeing in these slight differences is a result of original cards having been photographed, the new images being "one generation removed". The photographic process never records with total accuracy. Plus, the cost of paying anyone for color retouching seems to me beyond the budget or intentions which an edition such as this would have had! Just my two cents.
Thanks,
- Mark
Still searching, I am hoping I will find what I am looking for, I just want to know the colors and how to read them (color symbolism) anyone know?
La Force
ETA #4: I like this point
The Bicentannial is certainly nice because it is unlaminated and because it was printed directly from the original woodblocks but the Thunder Bay Press edition is virtually identical visually and is easier to shuffle!
La Force