Posted by Alec W. (174.105.163.103) on December 08, 2020 at 18:30:46:
In Reply to: Re: Unidentified print posted by Shiro on December 08, 2020 at 17:13:12:
Going by the colors I'd say this is a 20th-century production.
So presumably the target market was foreign, and therefore I would imagine that the publisher felt that the text would just be visual clutter for an audience that would neither be able to read it nor understand the references.
-A