c.1890 Tarot Grand Etteilla B. P. Grimaudc. 1890 Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Type I complete 78 78 cards with 2 piece telescopic box, original instruction booklet Published by B. P. Grimaud, Paris, France, c. 1890 DESCRIPTION: After the occultist, Etteilla's designs, the Grand Etteilla by Grimaud is considered a Type I style. Etteilla was the pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Alliette. His designs are considered to be one of the first tarots created specifically for cartomancy. Deck Identifiers:

consisting of the various Arthurian tales and episodes that he has set in the gold of his verse

with the bottom of the box detached but repaired and reinforced with tape on either side (see photographs)

with engraved headers and footers

Piatnik & Söhne

Published by Gassmann

A beautiful early edition of this classic American tale

197 and 203 with overly trimmed top margin likely from another non-rubricated copy bound in

and as active participants in

minimal notations on ffep &amp

and 151 engravings

listed alphabetically

1st UK edition printed in 1888