Cards
22 major
56 minor
x
4 3/8"
![[back design]](http://www.learntarot.com/clback.gif)
![[High Priestess]](http://www.learntarot.com/clmaj02.gif)
![[2 of Wands]](http://www.learntarot.com/clckn.gif)
The Tarot Classic deck follows the Tarot of Marseilles style. It is based on a woodblock tarot deck created by cardmaker Claude Burdel in 1751, probably in the city of Freibourg, Switzerland. This original deck was stencil colored by hand. A banner on the two of Coins reads "FABRIQUE DE CARTES A SCHAFFHOUSE" meaning "Card factory in Schaffhouse." The initial M on the four of Coins stands for Muller - AGMuller is the Swiss publisher. Italian tarot deck publisher Lo Scarabeo also offers a Tarot of Marseilles deck based on the same Burdel original. There is a separate companion book for this deck called Tarot Classic.
| Number of Cards |
Size | Copyright | Card Back Design | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 22 major |
2 3/8" x 4 3/8" |
1974 | |
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| Title | Author | Size | Number of Pages |
Copyright | Cover | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarot Classic |
Stuart R. Kaplan |
5 1/4" x 8" |
240 | 1972 | ![[cover]](http://www.learntarot.com/clbook1.gif) |
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Language of Card Titles: English
Style of Suit Cards (2-10): suit symbols
Also Included: instruction booklet
Major Arcana:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant,
Lovers, Chariot, Strength (Card 11), Hermit, Wheel of Fortune,
Justice (Card 8), Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Devil, Tower,
Star, Moon, Sun, Judgment, World
Suit Names: Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles
Court Cards: King, Queen, Knight, Page
See Also:
SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:
![[Queen of Swords]](http://www.learntarot.com/clwpg.gif)
![[Ace of Cups]](http://www.learntarot.com/clpa.gif)
![[6 of Pentacles]](http://www.learntarot.com/clsqn.gif)
Reference - The Encyclopedia of Tarot: Volume 2 and Volume 3 by Stuart Kaplan, pgs. 342, 344.
