General timeline of the cardmakers --Avondo, Dotti, Di Gumppenberg & Lamperti.
1. Avondo Brothers for Ancient Italian Tarot.
A very late response, but I finally located the Encyclopedia of the Tarot reference of the deck on page 158 of Kaplan in Volume I.
The description is "Fanciful Tarot Pack" from the Avondo Brothers of Serravalle-Sessia.
In Volume II of Kaplan's Encyclopedia, the dates for them are 1860-1880, page 219.
2. Dotti of Milan (di Gumppenberg's close rivals)
Volume II of the Encyclopedia of the Tarot dates Eduardo Dotti as born 1836 to 1865 and Teodoro Dotti of Milan to 1805-1855, page 220.
3. Di Gumppenberg information from the Il Solleone deck is in this related thread:
Ferdinando Gumppenberg
Born Jan 3, 1788 from Franco and Caterina Sala. It says born to Monaco of Baveria, Monoco being a city-state, Baveria being the country in 1788?
1805-1809--Apprenticed in the art of cards press (printers) in the important Fabbicante di Monaco
1809--Enlightenment, the Regia Fabbrica (regional maker?) of the cards transfers to Milan---I believe this is within Napoleon's reign, near the end.
Cerulean Mari's note: I also believe that one of the historical events that might have influenced the making of the Neoclassical of 1811 might have been the birth of Napoleon's son in March of 1811, known as the "King of Rome" and crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.* (Di Gumppenberg did issue a later deck in celebration of Emporer Ferdinand)
1809-1814 Produces numerous original cards.
1810, 1811 "Tarocco Neoclassico Italiano," Milano - (Note Kaplan suggests 1806 or thereabouts in dating). My copy is reprinted in 1980 in an edition of 1,500. (Pattern I)
1812 Marries Marianna Pohl
1814 Liquidation of the Regia Fabbrica di Milano.
Cerulean Mari's note: Possibly this means that the card-making is no longer controlled regionally or restricted or the designation from Napoleon's 'restriction' was lifted and now competition from other Milanese cardmakers
1814, July--Gumppenberg initiates activity near the Giardino (either the garden district?)
1816? I have to translate this note
1820 - note related to the bottega di Caffe in Borgo di Cittadella
1820 "Il Dilettevole Giuoco del Cucco,"41 cards, stamped 1820, to 1846. Il Solleone published 1,500 copies in 1981. (Cerulean has never seen this set).
1820-25--produces "Tarocco Vedute e Meistieri de Milano"...alternative name of Trade Sites of Milan Tarocco..(Pattern 2) Il Solleone published 1000 copies in 1982.
1825 --Printer negotiates in Corsia del Giadino "sono in vendita anche biglietti della Lotteria"...
1835 (1830-45)--"Tarocchino Lombardo". One woodcut version could be the one in limited colors reproduced by Il Meneghello/De Vecci, mass market edition. A somewhat different edition from Lo Scarabeo, called the Lamperti, was issued in 22 majors only. (I call this part of Pattern 3)
Il Solleone's note: engraved by Carlo Dellarocca around 1835, and then the Italian note"...dal Gumppenberg, dal Lamperti e altri in Milano e Lombardia"--note correction below on Lamperti note in 1847. Lamperti is his son-in-law.
Il Solleone published their version of the Dellarocca designs in in 1981 in a limited edition of 2,000. Dating is also between 1835-1845.
We know this title as the Tarocco Italiano Soprafino with engravings by Carlo della Rocca. (Pattern 4)
Given this information, the mysterious beautiful additions to the Dellarocca designs might have been innovations by Lamperti and Dellarocca?
1838-40 Produces "Tarocco Della Corona Ferrea" (Pattern 5)
Iron Crown of Lombardy Tarocco * from Edizioni del Solleone, reprinted 2,500 copies, 1979.
(Link is to Iron Crown of Lombardy summary that mentions Napoleon and Ferdinand.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclo...own-of-Lombardy
1847-He concedes the printmaking in general to Lattanzio Lamperti, the spouse of his daughter Paola. Lamperti circa 1848-1861 (Last two dates from reference, Kaplan pages 314, Volume II)
1855- Dies after 67 years.