limited edition of 1500 copies
Joseph Feautrier (1717/±1790) engraved his Tarot deck in Marseille at the age of 45, following an apprenticeship begun in 1745 in Bordeaux as a "garçon cartier" ("card maker boy"). Until very recently, only two incomplete copies of this deck were known, one preserved in the Musée du Vieux Marseille, the other in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Recently, Thierry Depaulis, a French historian specializing in playing cards, informed Tarot de Marseilles Heritage of the existence of a third original copy, to this day the only complete one known in the world. This copy in excellent condition belongs to Vincenzo Capuano, Italian professor of history of toys. It is kept at the Museo del Giocattolo in Naples, which he founded. Thanks to the mediation of Wilfried Houdouin, author of the Tarot of Marseille Millennium Edition, with Alfredo Mazzara, Italian tarotologist and filmmaker, the rights have been granted to produce the present edition, thus offering to the public for the first time this faithful reprint of one of the rare authentic Marseille Tarot decks.
Specs
- Historic Reproduction realized by Yves Reynaud and Wilfried Houdouin of Tarot De Marseille Heritage
- limited Edition of 1,500 copies
- 78 cards + 3 presentation cards (English,French,Italian)
- Cards Measure approximately 2.5" X 4.75"
- Tuck Box with Embossed Chariot Image
- Tarot of Marseilles decks are not sealed in plastic.
Publishers
TarotArts is proud to represent Tarot of Marseilles Heritage in the United States.
Yves Reynaud and Wilfried Houdouin launched Tarot of Marseilles Heritage to protect and promote the heritage of the traditional Marseilles Tarot. They publish limited edition facsimiles of the most beautiful historical Tarots of Marseilles, housed in the most prestigious intuitions and private collections around the world. Meticulous detail is applied including respecting the size and the design on backs of the cards. Some of these Tarots originate in the city of Marseilles. Others come from regions around Marseilles where the the graphic and symbolic qualities of these tarots flourished for centuries.
