Visconti
Historic Visconti-Sforza deck reproduced with golden foil finishing.
by A. Atanassov, Giordano Berti · 2002
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The record
I am pleased to see this version of the Visconti Gold from Lo Scarabeo. Mark Filpas in Pasteboard Masquerade made a reference to an upcoming book and deck set by Lo Scarabeo with an even newer tower and devil card and a book by G. Berti. He was referring to the Italian title of Tarocchi dei Visconti, which arrived in its English version on American shelves in September 2002. Someone who bought the Visconti Gold when it first came out in 2000 or 2001 may ask me, is this a significantly different deck? For me, it is. What I like least is probably a minor complaint and is one significant difference. The backs are actually the less-than-ideal color of funny yellowish green---but you might like the different color. I compared the 2002 cards to a 2001 edition and found the lines of the gold stamping to be slightly thicker and longer in the newer cards. The first and second things that I like most about the new deck includes the newer Devil and Tower cards, not pictured anywhere so far. The devil and tower in Mark Filpas' 2000 review of the deck is NOT the newest version by Atanassov. One of the top selling points to me is a very good book discussing the Visconti images. I believe it very
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