I have this now.
Happy!
As y'all probably know, the book shows a selection from each deck, and the CD contains all the cards. They're in two different formats on the CD. Or rather, they are all jpg format, but one is web resolution (72 dpi) and the other is a higher resolution for printing (300 dpi). A few cards are provided in two different sizes, as well -- I suppose so people who're using them for crafting have two sizes to choose from.
The Le Fou poster will print at 9.307 x 13.860 inches, using the high-resolution version. I'm wondering if that's the size of the original from the Manly P. Hall book. The description
here indicates that some of the color plates were folded. I love old books like that, with the tipped-in color plates. And wouldn't that book be a treat to own? But I digress.
The decks are as Cerulean listed them.
Le Minchiate Fiorentine -- I think these are the same as the Lo Scarabeo version
here, though the Dover colors look a touch more muted on my screen.
Tarocco Italiano -- majors only. These look like the Il Meneghello reprint; see
here.
Classic Tarot -- the Soprafino, looking like
Lo Scarabeo's (without keywords!) but again, Dover's looks a touch more muted in color to me. I don't have a printer at home currently (such an inconvenience) so I can't check to see how they print. Of course one could always up the saturation if wanted, or work with the color balance in a graphics program.
Having these two decks together will let us easily compare the finer Dellarocca engravings with the later Dotti ones as described in
this thread.
I Tarocchi Dei Visconti -- in all their crusty glory. I'm going to stop linking to all these... I think we all know what the Visconti cards look like. Dover's version is reasonably bright. And it's neat to be able to zoom in and ponder the gunky stuff on them.
Waite-Smith -- I'm not up on my Pamela ABCs, but the Sun looks like the one from
Pam A to me. The colors are much richer and deeper, though. Pamela-lettered titles, and no US Games copyright!
I Tarocchi Del Mantegna -- These are uncolored, black outlines on a cream background with gold/light brown mottling. I'm not sure if the paper is lightly marbled or if the book pages were foxed -- I'm betting on the latter.
Knapp-Hall -- I've never really seen this deck so it's cool that it's included! Unfortunately the pics look a little blurred to me... maybe they will print out better than I think they will.
Il Tarocco Di Besançon -- le pendu showed Le Diable from this deck
here (the one on the left). Dover's is much brighter and paler on my screen. I'm not very familiar with this deck, but it's one of the early versions with Juno and Jupiter in place of the Papess and Pope. I'm loving the furry Devil legs and the grinning minion.
Ancient Tarot of Lombardy -- another one that Lo Scarabeo has printed, you can see them
here and once again, the Dover versions look much lighter to me. These are lovely and delicate-looking.
Bolognese Tarot -- see
here; again Dover's look lighter and more muted.
Gumppenberg Tarot -- one example
here. Il Meneghello did a limited run printing in 1995.
If anyone wants to see specific card examples, let me know and I can post 'em. If you're wondering whether to get this book/cd I'd say YES do it... you get so much! It's totally worth it. Of course there is the usual Dover limit on use.
This page describes their terms well. (But Cerulean said in her initial post, discussion of use should go in other forums.)
