Unlike with modern print techniques, as the plates wore out, the line drawings would have to be re-prepared. What I subsequently discovered is that this is not a reproduction of the first edition. In most cases any facsimile edition will usually give detailed information regarding the source material. Having examined the little white book closely I began to realise that the publisher’s use of the word ‘original’ was rather ambiguous.
Lemon yellow has become deep gold and vivid reds become a more muted crimson. All pale blues have a turquoise green cast. Everything grey on the US Games deck is here rich beige. As to the colours they seem richer yet duller. The text on the Page of Cups appears central, whereas on the original US Games edition (not the later ones with typeface fonts) the calligraphy was famously off centre. Look at the face on the Sun - clearly different from the established version. I found this edition disconcerting when I first viewed it The colour are not as you remember them from the US Games edition and there seem to be differences in the drawings themselves.
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Games have published a full photo facsimile entitled ‘The Original Rider Waite’ and I would encourage anyone to add it to their collection. More recently Rider and Co, in conjunction with U.S. Waite’s daughter Sybil gave her permission, hence this deck’s ‘authorised’ status.Īlthough the US Games Rider Waite deck is itself a ‘clone’ it remains the most accurate reproduction available of this deck in what would have been its original colour livery. When Stuart Kaplan re-published the deck, he took the black and white line drawings and had them recoloured, closely following Waite’s personal copy as reference. Rider and Co did not put out another edition until the seventies when they re-packaged what was in effect the US Games edition, manufactured by AGM Muller. The print plates for the Rider Waite were destroyed during the London Blitz. Most people would be very surprised to learn that the US Games edition is also a ‘clone’ and not the original.
As you learn more about the tarot, you quickly begin to discover that the Rider Waite has been ‘cloned’ on countless occasions, the black and white drawings being clothed by many artists in sometimes tasteful, often outrageous colours. Indeed, this is the deck that everyone is familiar with. One of the first decks I owned was the standard Rider Waite, published by U.S. Countryįree shipping with every order of €100.00 or moreįree shipping from an order of €50.00 or moreįree shipping from an order of €150.00 or moreįree shipping with every order of €150.00 or moreįree shipping for purchases of €100.00 or moreįree shipping for purchases of €150.00 or moreįree shipping with every order of €40.00 or moreįree shipping from every order of €150.00 or moreįree shipping with every order of €150.Original Rider Waite Tarot Review by Christopher Butler Shipping ratesĪn overview of our shipping rates for international destinations is given below.
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