Lo Scarabeo released The Key to the Tarot this year - it's a fairly faithful reproduction of the original release of the Rider Waite (as it was called in 1909) down to the crackle/mud cardbacks. The images have been adjusted so that they are consistently placed within the card. As one might guess from the name of the set, it comes with a version of The Key to the Tarot. I haven't compared this set to either my Pam B or Pam D yet.

The deck is thick and sturdy - ~35mm/1-3/8" thick. I think the cardstock is comparable to that of the Rider Waite I bought in the early 90's.

I bought the set with one of Llewellyn's 35% off coupons. The copy on Llewellyn's site says:

This hardcover box collects the faithful reproductions of the cards produced in 1909, as well as the original The Pictorial Key to the Tarot written by A. E. Waite himself. This unique edition represents the best possible way to own and experience a timeless piece of esoteric history.

I wrote to their customer support to tell them the copy was likely wrong cause the "original" book that came with the deck was The Key to the Tarot, NOT The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. The response I got back was that it was Lo Scarabeo's listing, and they were just the distributor, and they don't go around changing the copy the receive. OK. Whatever.

Once I received my deck and confirmed The Key to the Tarot is the book that's included, I wrote back to the person from Llewellyn, confirmed that the listing is wrong, and explained the difference between the two books in case they didn't know. I also let them know that the "we're just the distributor" line is BS because it's sold on their website, and the deck contains their ISBN. So when customers complain about Bait & Switch and want their money back because they didn't get the book with the pictures in it as advertised, Llewellyn is going to have to deal with that... That was a week ago, with no response. And the description on the website has not been updated. I ended my followup email with:

Not my monkeys, not my circus. I informed y'all. Did y'all inform Lo Scarabeo about the error? Have fun...

Getting what I expected to get, I'm fine (especially at 35% off!). But anyone who buys this set expecting a book that includes pictures of the cards will be sorely disappointed...

Did you not contact LoS ? I just did.

1 hour ago, gregory said:

Did you not contact LoS ? I just did.

Nope. And judging by the lack of response and the incorrect text still on their website, I'm guessing Llewellyn didn't contact them either.

I only told them a couple of hours ago....

1 hour ago, gregory said:

I only told them a couple of hours ago....

Sorry, I was talking about the Llewellyn website. I haven't looked at Lo Scarabeo's website.

It's the same there, which will be where Llewellyn got it.