Cartes de fantasie is a facsimile of an 1848 deck featuring woodcuts of the 15th and 16th centuries. This unique deck of cards was made in France by Grimaud in the early 1980s. The cards are printed on an uncoated cardstock and feature square corners. There are 52 cards plus 2 jokers and 1 information card.

Scans of Each card can be seen at http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Tarot/GrandLuxe.html

Alf Cooke produced a number of different "De Luxe" brands, including a gold edge version. These packs here come from the Pictorial range, which had no gold edge, but various back designs. 2 coloured jokers were included. The cards front used a four colour process. In the gallery, the piper back and box front are from around 1955. The main cover front to this page, inform the buyer there the deck, "contains two jokers" to capitalise on the growing popularity of the game Canasta.

36 cards