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SUPER RARE The Mythological Zoo Playing Cards - c. 1971 - Ltd. Ed. #21/200 For Sale
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SUPER RARE The Mythological Zoo Playing Cards - c. 1971 - Ltd. Ed. #21/200:
$600.00
SUPER RARE!! The Mythological Zoo Playing Cards - c.1971- Ltd Ed. #21/400- OOP!!The deck was published in 1971 in two separate editions. The is the black and white version and is numbered #21/200. The hand colored version, was published in a signed edition of 100 copies only. From the foreword of the booklet:\"Since the dawn of history man has been fascinated by animals. In ancient times he endowed them with magical significance; they were objects of his fear, his love and even his worship. And when man had exhausted the possibilities of all known species, he invented new ones. Thus were born the Griffin and the Unicorn and all the other Fabulous Beasts of mythology. Most of these fanciful animals were hybrids, or combinations of beast, bird and fish. Ancient manmade many of his gods in his own image too, of course; and eventual amalgamation of man-god and beast-god was inevitable - producing some magnificently fantastic creatures. All these semi-human deities can be classified as fabulous beasts and placed, along with the Mermaid and the Centaur, in our \"Mythological Zoo\". Early in my researches i found that there were far more of these strange and wonderful creatures than could be crowded into a deck of fifty-two cards (In the various Eastern religious pantheons, for instance, there must be more than a hundred different man-animal gods). Selection was necessary, so the most representative and varied examples were chosen. All the fabulous beasts I have depicted are \"authentic\". That is, all their anatomical details are carefully reproduced from old engravings, and photographs of ancient sculptures. In cases where two or more different representations were found, the most fantastic one was chosen - of course! But however varied the imaginary creatures in this collection may appear, they all have one thing in common: men once believed they really existed. Indeed, a few of them are still believed in to this day.\" Condition is used, cards are unused. Paper wrapper has sticker glue residue and the top is damaged from opening the deck. (see photo)
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