Card Deck: c.1964 Ancien Tarot de Marseille
Designed by Paul Marteau
Published by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, 1964
This is a vintage reprint of the Ancien Tarot de Marseille published by B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France.
Deck Description: 22 Major Arcanum cards + 56 Minor Suit cards (4 suits with 14 cards per series), as well as two B.P. Grimaud manufacturer cards, one that lists other available decks and the other with a thank you from the company. Cartouches written with French titles. Card reverses are blue and white with an intricate pattern of squares dotted in the middle and connected by lines. Printed on sturdy paste-board cardstock.
CONDITION: Very good condition; the deck is complete with few to no blemishes. The box is in good condition with wear and creasing; the instruction book is in fair condition with some pages coming loose and several missing; numbered pages beginning at p. 11, missing the first pages of the French instructional booklet beginning at p. 5; English instructions complete (see photographs for further details).