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product_id: 9960844
title: "Visconti Tarots Deck"
price: "KSh9083"
currency: KES
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reviews_count: 13
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# Lavish gold foil brilliance 78 full-color, historically accurate cards Authentic Renaissance artwork Visconti Tarots Deck

**Price:** KSh9083
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✨ Own a piece of Tarot history — where art meets mystery!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Visconti Tarots Deck
- **How much does it cost?** KSh9083 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/9960844-visconti-tarots-deck)

## Best For

- Customers looking for quality international products

## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Premium Craftsmanship:** Printed on quality card-stock with a unique elongated size for an extraordinary tactile and visual experience.
- • **Timeless Renaissance Elegance:** Experience the oldest extant Tarot deck, meticulously reproduced with stunning period art and gilded accents.
- • **Authentic Historical Connection:** Commissioned by the Duke of Milan in 1450, this deck connects you directly to Tarot’s rich cultural origins.
- • **Multi-Lingual Instruction Cards Included:** Comes with 9 instruction cards in five languages, making it accessible for global tarot enthusiasts.
- • **Collector’s Dream & Conversation Starter:** A visually striking deck that doubles as a historic art piece, perfect for themed events and elevating your tarot collection.

## Overview

The Visconti Tarot Deck is a high-quality reproduction of the oldest surviving Tarot deck, originally commissioned in 1450. Featuring 78 full-color cards adorned with lavish gold foil and exquisite Renaissance artwork, this deck offers a unique blend of historical authenticity and visual luxury. Ideal for collectors, tarot practitioners, and history buffs alike, it includes 9 multi-lingual instruction cards and is printed on premium card-stock with a distinctive elongated size, making it both a functional tool and a stunning display piece.

## Description

An absolutely stunning display of lavish gold foil and exquisite Renaissance art, this deck is pure magic and mystery! The shimmering gold reflects the light, seducing the intuition and delighting the eye. This deck is a treasure, truly a must-have for all Tarot enthusiasts. Originally commissioned in 1450 by the Duke of Milan, and attributed to Bonifacio Bembo, this is a reproduction of the oldest extant Tarot deck. This product includes 78 full-color cards and 9 cards with instructions. No booklet included. The companion booklets for most Lo Scarabeo decks are in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

Review: Glorious Product - - The Visconti Tarot deck is stunningly rendered on quality card-stock in full colour, with a patterned gold foil background on all the Major Arcana and Court Cards. The beauty of this deck is truly astonishing. Even the cards of the minor arcana have lovely illustrations with gold foil highlights. The deck size is somewhat longer than a normal playing-cards deck, but not unmanageable for shuffling, etc. And the size does lend the entire deck an appearance of something extraordinary - even before one reveals the faces of the cards. - There are a number of reasons I chose this deck. After looking through literally hundreds of different styles of Tarot from across a half-dozen websites, I ordered this one for its colourfully intense and faithfully rendered early Renaissance artwork because I specifically want to use the deck in the context of historic reenactment events and themed parties, etc. The black background and muted colors of the symmetrical period illustration on the back of each card is lovely, yet not distracting, and it makes for a very dramatic contrast with the intense beauty of the colours and metallic gold that will naturally draw the eye when the card is revealed. - NOTE: The fact that this deck is patterned on an original Renaissance deck does mean that the minor arcana cards are all beautifully - but simply - rendered with just the number and the symbols of the four suits: Wands, Cups, Pentacles and Swords. This means they do not have the more imaginative images in the minor arcana for both the querent and the Tarot reader to key-in on when looking at a spread. It's my understanding this was the period way many early Tarot decks were rendered, however, it may prove challenging at first for someone used to more modern tarot decks. That being said, I don't believe it should deter someone from purchasing the Visconti Tarot. It may simply require more study to familiarize oneself with the meanings of the various numbers and suits of the minor arcana, without the help of the illustrations - just as any Tarot Reader would have had to do in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. And I believe the truly stunning look and feel of this deck will more than make up for that challenge, which in the end would likely improve one's overall understanding of the Tarot - whether they are a novice or a longtime practitioner. - In conclusion, I would like to thank those who specifically posted the correct ISBN numbers for this superior rendering of the Visconti deck as: ISBN-10: 0738700193. After looking at so many different decks and reading so many and varied reviews, it was very nice to have some specificity to be confident that I was ordering the deck I had read about.
Review: Superb quality but not for everyone - This is a famous set of cards that no Tarot collection would be complete without, but it is my least favorite personally. My interest in the Tarot is all in the symbolism, and unfortunately this deck has very little compared to others. Many of the details you normally see on Tarot cards were sacrificed in favor of pure decoration in the form of gilding. It is pretty and definitely screams "I'm rich" if you live in the 1450s, but of course all that gilding took up space that would be filled with interesting symbolism in other decks. So as a pure collection piece and a piece of history, it's a great deck. It is also a very good deck if you actually intend to use them as playing cards as was their original purpose, but if you are a student of symbology or if you fancy yourself a fortune teller, the lack of visual content in this deck is a detractor, and you would do better with a more traditional deck. If you want to use them as playing cards, just be aware that the gilding is so bright that it can make them hard to see in direct sunlight.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #125,021 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #90 in European Art History #281 in Arts & Photography Criticism #466 in Tarot |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 395 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Glorious Product
*by C***E on November 4, 2012*

- The Visconti Tarot deck is stunningly rendered on quality card-stock in full colour, with a patterned gold foil background on all the Major Arcana and Court Cards. The beauty of this deck is truly astonishing. Even the cards of the minor arcana have lovely illustrations with gold foil highlights. The deck size is somewhat longer than a normal playing-cards deck, but not unmanageable for shuffling, etc. And the size does lend the entire deck an appearance of something extraordinary - even before one reveals the faces of the cards. - There are a number of reasons I chose this deck. After looking through literally hundreds of different styles of Tarot from across a half-dozen websites, I ordered this one for its colourfully intense and faithfully rendered early Renaissance artwork because I specifically want to use the deck in the context of historic reenactment events and themed parties, etc. The black background and muted colors of the symmetrical period illustration on the back of each card is lovely, yet not distracting, and it makes for a very dramatic contrast with the intense beauty of the colours and metallic gold that will naturally draw the eye when the card is revealed. - NOTE: The fact that this deck is patterned on an original Renaissance deck does mean that the minor arcana cards are all beautifully - but simply - rendered with just the number and the symbols of the four suits: Wands, Cups, Pentacles and Swords. This means they do not have the more imaginative images in the minor arcana for both the querent and the Tarot reader to key-in on when looking at a spread. It's my understanding this was the period way many early Tarot decks were rendered, however, it may prove challenging at first for someone used to more modern tarot decks. That being said, I don't believe it should deter someone from purchasing the Visconti Tarot. It may simply require more study to familiarize oneself with the meanings of the various numbers and suits of the minor arcana, without the help of the illustrations - just as any Tarot Reader would have had to do in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. And I believe the truly stunning look and feel of this deck will more than make up for that challenge, which in the end would likely improve one's overall understanding of the Tarot - whether they are a novice or a longtime practitioner. - In conclusion, I would like to thank those who specifically posted the correct ISBN numbers for this superior rendering of the Visconti deck as: ISBN-10: 0738700193. After looking at so many different decks and reading so many and varied reviews, it was very nice to have some specificity to be confident that I was ordering the deck I had read about.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb quality but not for everyone
*by I***S on April 6, 2020*

This is a famous set of cards that no Tarot collection would be complete without, but it is my least favorite personally. My interest in the Tarot is all in the symbolism, and unfortunately this deck has very little compared to others. Many of the details you normally see on Tarot cards were sacrificed in favor of pure decoration in the form of gilding. It is pretty and definitely screams "I'm rich" if you live in the 1450s, but of course all that gilding took up space that would be filled with interesting symbolism in other decks. So as a pure collection piece and a piece of history, it's a great deck. It is also a very good deck if you actually intend to use them as playing cards as was their original purpose, but if you are a student of symbology or if you fancy yourself a fortune teller, the lack of visual content in this deck is a detractor, and you would do better with a more traditional deck. If you want to use them as playing cards, just be aware that the gilding is so bright that it can make them hard to see in direct sunlight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ beautiful artwork - perfect size
*by T***I on September 22, 2025*

This deck is absolutely gorgeous. I love the metallic gold and they’re a really nice size. The art is beautiful. I’m so excited to use these! The only negative thing was the box being a little bent up, but other than that, I’m thrilled with these. <3

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