i have it, it's ridiculously cheap, a spanish deck by publisher Fournier, indeed available from
www.alidastore.com.
it's smaller than standard, i'd say it's about the same size as the Spiral.
coating is pretty usual for a modern deck, not too slippery.
the artwork is gorgeous, but looks very tiny because of the size of the card and the borders. There is pictures available from Aeclectic database because it's what make me buy it in the summer!!
now to the cards: the majors are an interesting mix of Tarot de Marseille and RWS. For example the Fool goes to the right of the card, Justice and Strength are in the traditional TdM order (Justice VIII and Strength XI).
the colors are deep, earthy with a lot of bronze.
the court cards bother me a bit with all these breasts everywhere, i mean on the Queens and the Princesses (= Pages) ... i am no prude but i have difficulties to see beyond
the minors are non-scenic, and show the number of objects in question: for example 5 pentacles organized somehow.
a few interesting things:
1) the deck goes heavily on astrology: both majors and minors carry astrological symbols. in addition the majors also carry other symbols i am not able to explain: looks like planets and numbers, maybe about degrees or so??
the majors also carry hebrew letters.
2) all the numbering is done with roman numerals, using the additive technique: 8 is written VIII and 9 is VIIII
3) the names of the majors and the name of the suit or the court card appear in 4 languages: spanish up left, english up, german down left, portuguese (?) down right.
4) each suit has its own color: cups are red, wands are green, spades are greyish blue, pentacles are brown with pentacles themselves looking like gold (but no gold-foiled!!!).
the lwb is also in four languages: spanish, english, german and the last one i am not sure about. it doesn't provide any explanation on the tiny symbols used on the cards but gives meanings (upright, reverse and summary) for all 78 cards. a few spreads also are given. the intro to the lwb is signed "Luis Royo" but not the meanings part.
i think there are scans on Tarot Passages as well, in addition to the ones on AT.
imo, a nice deck for someone who can read un-scenic pips and wants some kind of original a bit goth but very nicely done deck. not for beginners, at least they plan to use them for learning more about female anatomy. (beware: it's not porn, slightly erotic but even the Lovers card doesn't show anything suggestive)
my two cents of course, but i hope this helps
kissa
