One of the most classic and best selling tarot ever. The Tarot de Marseille is a classic tarot based on XIII century images. Probably every Tarot lover has this at home. Made in SPAIN. Features: Exclusive hand-drawn images in all 78 cards Printed on premium Fournier card stock Made in Spain Standard tarot-sized playing cards (60mm x 110mm) Text in French Includes instruction booklet in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese)

In the 1940s André Breton and a group of his Surrealist friends (Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Jacqueline Lamba, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, Jacques Hérold, André Masson and Frédéric Delanglade) were stranded in the French port of Marseilles whilst attempting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe and gain passage to America. Having deconstructed traditional, bourgeois playing card symbolism they produced new, liberated designs expressing their own beliefs and values. The court cards were persons representing new, revolutionary ideals. As Breton was a Communist, the conventional court hierarchy denoting military power and rank was unacceptable: these were re-named Genius, Siren and Magus... Having deconstructed traditional playing card designs, Breton wanted a thorough reinvention along Surrealist principles. The suits were renamed: Locks (black) for knowledge, Wheels (red) for revolution, Stars (black) for dreams and Flames (red) for love and desire. Surrealist ideas inspired many young artists to move away from conventional views of artistic composition towards abstract expressionism. The “Jeu de Marseille” was eventually produced as a full deck of cards (with the original sketches being reworked slightly) in 1983 and has been reprinted several times. From: https://www.wopc.co.uk/france/grimaud/le-jeu-de-marseille

From the Tarocks website (https://www.tarocks.com/library/sapeur-pompiers-de-paris): [This] was an initiative of Charly Ripa, a veteran firefighter as a tribute to the commander of the brigade of Paris’s firefighters [Raoul Viger]. We could not determine who compiled the images, nor could we discover it’s exact publication date, but judging from the images shown, it is reasonable to guess that the cards have been published somewhere between 1978-1985. From The World of Playing Cards website (https://www.wopc.co.uk/france/tarot-pompiers-de-paris): Produced as a French Fire Brigade tribute tarot deck, thanks to Charly Ripa and Raoul Viger. Individual card visuals can be found on both websites. Additional information is also on the Tarocks website (link above). Card size is 6 cm x 11.2 cm (2.4" x 4.4") There is no printer indicated but according to WOPK.com "Éditions Dusserre (now part of Carta Mundi) previously had their cards printed by Maitres Cartiers Boéchat Frères" (https://www.wopc.co.uk/france/boechat-freres/editions-dusserre/). The tuck box does say the product was "Made in France."

Card size is standard for Jeu de Tarot decks - 6.1 cm x 11.2 cm (2.4" x 4.4")