Lithographer and printer Bernhard Dondorf founded the B. Dondorf company on April 2, 1833 as printing and trading company in Frankfurt, Germany. He specialized in high-quality print products. From 1839 they mainly focused on the production of playing cards. With this revived and redesigned deck from the late 19th century Daniel Schneider wanted to honor these almost forgotten art pieces. This is a Prototype deck. It can be distinguished from the final in 1 primary way. This prototype has a standard tuck box. The production version will have a Air Cushioned Finish on the outside of the tuck. In addition, the prototype edition was printed by MPC even though the tuck says USPCC.

This reproduction deck was first printed in 1876 by F.H. Lowere. It is note worthy as it was the first transformation deck printed in the USA and also the first transformation deck to include a joker. The deck was recreated digitally from scratch with special thanks to Columbia University for providing high resolutions images from the original deck from the Albert Field playing card collection.

Printed By MPC

Casino Grade European Card Stock

Smooth Ivory Finish

Replica Tax Stamp Seal

52 Cards + 2 Jokers + 1 Ad Card

Limited Edition of 500

Illustrated by Azured Ox

Produced by Will Roya

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