The Art of Fine Gifts: The tarot cards in this pack are adapted from a Tarot of Marseille deck by Nicholas Conver that dates to 1760. It was one of the earliest confirmed decks and has been beautifully reproduced here. The Major and Minor Arcana cards are accompanied by an informative booklet, which gives a history of tarot, information on each card and a step-by-step guide to get started with a tarot reading.About the Author: One of the earliest, most respected creators of tarot cards in the Marseilles pattern. In the early 1760s in his workshop in Paris he made woodcuts of each card, engraved, stencilled and distributed limited editions of the finished sets. Designed and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine, illustrated books, journals, notebooks, jigsaw puzzles and art calendars.