In April of 1736, François Chosson of Marseille printed what was to later become the prototype for subsequent tarot decks, including Nicolas Conver’s wood block deck, the model for most popular Tarot de Marseille decks enjoyed today. The original copy of this 1736 Chosson deck was sold to the Historical Museum Blumenstein in Solothurn, Switzerland. Thanks to the efforts of researcher Yves Reynaud and graphic designer Wilfried Houdouin, both of Marseille, this historical tarot deck is presented as a faithful facsimile. Its original packaging has been reproduced for this Limited Edition printing of 3000 hand-numbered decks. Wilfried Houdouin is a professional graphic designer who has ?lived in Marseille, France since 2001. Fascinated by the Tarot of Marseilles ?since childhood, he has passionately pursued the study, practice and teaching ?of the historic deck for decades. He studied graphic arts in Paris at ?the end of the 80s, and trained in computer graphics in the mid 90s. In 2011 he created the Tarot of Marseilles Millennium Edition, and wrote The Sacred Code of the Tarot.