I have designed and created five different and distinct styles of the Tarot de Marseille by John Noblet c.1650. Hopefully one of these unique designs will speak to you. This deck is my original 78-card tarot deck, created in a ‘Metallica’ style. You can see the other designs here.

This deck is the usual tarot size of 2.75″ x 4.75″ and is printed on 300gsm superior smooth casino cardstock and comes packaged in a plain white tuck box. To see a gallery of the entire deck please click here. I will be adding a Lenormand size for this deck and possibly a larger size too, so bookmark this page, if that is something you are interested in.

There is NO booklet with this deck. If you are new to reading the Tarot, there are many websites on the internet that offer free meanings and instructions on how to read the cards. Plus there are many how-to instruction books available on Amazon.

I offer a selection of designs for the back cover of this deck, if you go to Tarot Card Back Designs you are more than welcome to select one of these. Please include the name of the design you would like in the space provided when you place your order. If no custom back is chosen your deck will be printed with the standard back shown in the gallery.

The original version of the Marseille Tarot was published in Paris circa 1650 by master card-maker Jean Noblet. The Noblet deck is known for having the title LAMORT (Death) on the XIII Major Arcana card whereas most of the other Tarot de Marseille decks have the card numbered but unnamed, e.g., Jean Dodal Tarot (circa 1701) and Nicolas Conver Tarot (circa 1761).

The Noblet deck is also known for its Fool card that has graphic attention to detail in the private parts of the Fool. As well, the animal on the Fool card is said by some to resemble a cat more closely than a dog. In other early versions of the Tarot de Marseille, the image of the animal depicted in the Fool card is such that there is less consensus as to whether the animal is either canine or feline. Another particularity of this deck was its small size.

I love bringing history back to life so if you are a tarot reader or psychic who appreciates the history of the tarot, this could be a deck for you. I created my images in a “metallica” style for a more neutral design and for those of you who do not like to be distracted by colour. I kept the authenticity of the imagery, down to the minor details, intact; but I created them in the original tarot size of today. You can see a comparison to size and look in the image shown here. I would like to acknowledge and thank the Flornoy estate for allowing me to use the Letarot Noblet images as the source for my creation of the artwork designs for this deck.

I custom make each Tarot Deck as they are ordered so please allow 2 – 5 business days for manufacture. I will send you an email confirmation to let you know when your order has been shipped. Please see our Shipping Information for shipping procedure, costs and approximate delivery times. 

 

C$77.00