Major Arcana · IIII
L'Empereur
from The Conver Tarot de Marseille, blocks of 1760; this printing c. 1809-1833
The emperor sits in profile with his legs crossed, scepter in hand, beside a shield bearing a golden eagle. On this printing the caption's last letter comes out closer to P than R, reading L'Empereup, the kind of block quirk that lets collectors tell one Marseille edition from another.
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