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The Bohemian Fortune Telling Cards - Limited Edition
Author(s) : Karen Mahony, Alex UkolovPublisher : Baba Studio
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The Bohemian Fortune Telling Cards - Limited Edition, with cold stamping and a hinged wooden box
After many requests, we have decided to offer this limited edition version of our new Bohemian Fortune Telling Cards.
Only 550 decks will be printed - all will be numbered and signed.
Ideal for those who prefer to work with larger cards, these cards are the same size as our standard tarot cards (approx 12.8 cm * 7.8 cm or 5 * 3 inches).
As is always the case with our limited edition decks, these will not be reprinted in the future.
The Bohemian Fortune Telling Cards is our own unique design and based on a system that we became very familiar with during our time in Prague. This system is often known as "gypsy" cards but we prefer not to use this term which can be seen as pejorative. We like the description "Bohemian" instead, and as the cards are from Central Europe, in and around historical Bohemia, this works well.
This is a distinct type of fortune telling deck which has similarities with Lenormand, Sybilla and Kipper cards but also has its own characteristics.
This type of card was not completely standardised (unlike, for example, most Lenormands) and so each deck would have a slightly varied collection of cards. The cards were not usually numbered so are in no particular order. The 36 cards included in our Bohemian Fortune Telling Cards are:
Hope, Fortune, Fidelity, Sorrow, Desire, Sweetheart, Lover, Jealousy, Thief, Child, Letter, Enemy, Constancy, Soldier, Death, Judge, Money, House, Lady, Merriment, Misfortune, Falsehood, Thoughts, Journey, Illness, Unexpected Joy, Gift, Lord, Marriage, Inconstancy, Temptation, Love, Gossip, Visit, Loss, Happiness.
There are two alternative "Falsehood" cards and also an extra (female) "Soldier" card and "Death" card in all limited decks.
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- 36 fully-illustrated cards based on the "Austrian fortune telling cards" pattern. There is also an extra "Falsehood" card and an extra "Soldier" card showing a female soldier and her white horse, an extra "Death" card as well as a title card - so 40 cards in all.
- These cards are 12.8 cm * 7.8 cm (about 5 * 3 inches).
- Painstakingly cold-stamped. We use subtle cold-stamping throughout the whole image - this makes the card "flash" with metallic colours when the light hits it. The cold-stamping on the limited edition deck is designed differently to the smaller deck and we hope may be even more spectacular.
- The limited edition cards will have a different back to the traditional smaller size cards.
- The cards are printed in the European Union as we don't produce graphics in any countries that have a record of poor legislation on counterfeiting. This helps to protect the deck from being illegally copied, which we know is important to the tarot and divination community.
- Printed on high-quality German-made 330 gram specialist playing-card stock with a carbon inner layer to protect against bending and creasing. The company that makes our cardstock has an excellent sustainability policy.
- Lightly varnished for durability without a plastic feeling - the finish is fairly matte.
- Wooden hinged box for long-term storage. This is made from sustainable pine.
- Supplied with a drawstring bag made in a good-quality 100% cotton
- Little white booklet with meanings and guide for use.
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Please note that the "grid" and copyright notice will not be on the final cards, this is just to protect the imagery online as sadly there is so much counterfeiting around these days.
Please also note that the final cards will be cold-stamped. We won't be able to show this on each card until they are printed (there is no way to simulate this very striking effect).
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Country of Origin: Ireland
Volume/Weight/Size: 36+3 cards, 7.8 x 12.8cm
Price: $1280 HKD
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