Tarot de Paris Grimaud Tarot Deck - Patrick Coq - SIVILXI facsimile - new/unused

New & unused card deck.

Includes instruction booklet in French.

Card dimensions: 123 x 69mm

Opinion: This pre-Marseille pattern deck is a faithful facsimile of the most stunning French historical deck ever created and is highly underrated!

Publisher's Description:

‘The Paris Tarot is an ancient tarot kept  in the Bibliotheque National de France.  It is, like the Viéville tarot, one of the very rare complete tarots of the XVII century.  It is more commonly known as the anonymous tarot of Paris because the name of the master card maker does not appear on the cartouche of the Two of Denier.

This tarot can be considered atypical because it is quite different from the usual form  of the tarot of Marseilles, traditionally the most well  known and wide spread.  Even if it does have some points in common with the tarot of Viévile, some of the arcane majors are very different.

One might assume  that the interest of this tarot is limited to this point, and that it is only of interest to a restricted circle  of ancient tarot cards collectors.  However, an attentive examination of the arcane majors reveals a surprising complexity.’

/Patrick Coq