Here are some notes on what there is so far, with links to various decks.
Nicolas Conver* active between 1809 to 1833 in Marseille: Camoin & Jodorowsky's [C&J] primary model, with some details suggestively emphasized, e.g., what could be a fold of cloth or flesh in Conver becomes a tail in the C&J Sun card [see also Chosson & Tourcaty). It is also the source for the C&J egg beneath the eagle, which is clearer in the woodcut than the cards as the full extent of the lines are not in the prints, in which it is further obscured by the colouring.
*Born December 31, 1784 in Marseille, died March 26, 1833. Son of Mathieu Conver and Félicité Sauze. Active as Marchand-cartier in Marseille between 1809 and 1833. Married to Madeleine Anne Daniel between 1815 and 1820. Dated 1760, the "Tarot Conver" is, however, attributable neither to an ancestor nor to a homonym of Nicolas Conver: the initials of the engraver "V T" are on the shield of the Chariot. At his death, his widow remarried on April 1, 1834, Crisante Bernard Ramond Mouren and runs the card factory, first under the name of "Conver", then, from 1840, under that of "Veuve Conver" (Nicolas) et Cie". She sells her fund and the name Conver, but not the shop, in 1857 to the Levenq brothers, who adopt the name "Levenq de Conver".
Address:Marseille: 1809-1833. - rue Noailles, n° 7
Source: BnF
Francois Chosson* active between 1734-1756 in Marseille: An additional source clarifying several details of the Conver plus some details not in the Conver;
star-lady's face & raindrop shapes on the ground of the Star;
the bottom edge of the tomb on Judgment;
the little ball (a fallen bell?) beneath the Fool's legs; [also on the Tourcaty]
*Born in 1700 in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne,, Isère, died 9 December 1773 in Marseille. Son of Claude Chosson & Clauda Pain. Married to Marie Mouries on May 26, 1729 in Marseille. Marchand Cartier active in Marseille between 1734-1756. Dated 1672, the initials "G S" on the shield of the chariot on the deck published by Chosson are possibly those of the Maitre Cartier Guillaume Sellon, active in Marseille at that period. His daughter Francoise married Marseille-based cardmaker Joseph Feautrier in 1754. His brother Antoin Chosson [b1689, d1767), Master Cardmaker & Cardmaker to the King, was active in Vienne, Isere, France c1740-1745.
Source: Geneanet
Jean Noblet active between 1643/1681 of Paris:
three dice on table of Bateleur; [see also, TdB 1730 of Francois Heri]
ermine pattern on the shoulder of the Emperor;
the 'knife' across the Pope's knee & the arch & banded pattern of parallel lines between the columns of his chair;
ear-flaps on each side of the King of Cups;
Jean Dodal active between 1701/1732 of Lyon:
"eye"-shaped navel on the figure of the Star [Payen is similar but more rounded];
points inside of stars on the Star;
the dressed forelock on the knight's horses possibly suggested the pattern on their forehead in C&J.
Born on November 27, 1673 in Saint-Didier-au-Mont d'Or, died April 14, 1732 in Lyon. September 1, 1700: Marriage between Cartier Jean Dodat, the son of labourer Antoinne Dodat & his wife Anne Liot of Saint-Didier-au-Mont d'Or (Rhône) & Dominique Lemaitre, daughter of Marchand-Cartier Jean Murat. June 17, 1721: Interment of "Dominique Lemaitre aged 55 years, wife of Jean Dodar [sic] Merchant Cartier". July 10, 1721: The marriage of "Jean Dodar [sic] merchant cartier widower and of Catherine Baujolin daughter of deceased Jean Baujolin merchant cartier". Jean Dodat is recorded as deputy of the cardmakers of Lyon for December 1701, 1702, 1703, 1707, 1717, and 1718. He had three children with his first wife and seven with his second, three of his sons from his marriage with Catherine Beaujolin carried on in the cardmaking trade and served as deputies of the cardmakers of Lyon:
Jean Dodat [aîné] for 1762, 1763, 1769, 1773-1782.
Etienne Dodat for 1755,1759, 1760.
Pierre Dodat [cadet] for 1768
Several variations of his surname occur in the Parish records and other documents of the time, the variation Dodal & Daudal appear on the registrations of baptism for four of his children in the 1720s:
September 14, 1724: Jean Etienne DODAL "son of Jean DODAL master cartier and of Catherine Beaujolin his wife"
January 1726: Marie DODAL "daughter of Jean DODAL master cartier and of Catherine Gaujelin [sic] his wife"
May 5, 1727: Etienne DODAL: "son of Jean DODAL master cartier and of Catherine Beaujelin [sic] his wife"
June 24, 1728: Antoine DAUDAL: "son of Jean DAUDAL Master cardmaker and of Catherine Beaujolin his wife"
Source: Municipal Archives of Lyon: Parish of Saint-Nizier.
Josephe Feautrier* [b1717-d1786/92] of Marseille:
A circular shape in the position of the C&J Popesse egg;
*Marchand-cartier active in Marseille, parish of Saint-Ferréol, from 1753 to 1782 approximately. Garçon-cartier in 1745 in Bordeaux, perhaps with the master-cartier François Choiseau. Son of Mathieu Feautrier and Marie-Anne Elisabeth Ricard. Wife Françoise Chosson, daughter of Marseille merchant-cartier François Chosson, September 1, 1754 (parish of Saint-Ferréol). His son Joseph Mathieu Ignace is a merchant-cartier in turn. Died probably between 1786 and 1792.
Address:Marseille: 1754. - Thubaneau Street
Address:Marseille: 1782. - Rue du Paradis
Source: BnF
His deck was the model for,
Bernadin Suzanne* 1790-1868 of Marseille:
A half-circular shape in the position of the C&J Popesse egg;
*Born April 30, 1790 in Aubagne, died January 31, 1868 in Marseille. Marchand-cartier active in Marseille between 1816 and 1868. Son of the cartier Jean-Baptiste Suzanne, died in 1793, and Françoise Verdier. Married Rose Marie Denise Arnaud September 23, 1816 in Marseille. Widower, he married Marie Aune on April 24 1824, in the presence of witnesses Louis Germain Bent, dealer of prints, and Marius Conver, card maker (actually the Marseille cartier Nicolas Conver).
Address:Marseille: 1868. - rue Vacon, n° 12
Address:Marseille: 1824. - rue de Noailles, n° 25
Address:Marseille: 1816. - rue Fontange, n° 15
Source: BnF
Jean-Francois Tourcaty* of Marseille:
phoenix on a pyre on the shield of the four of coins, and between two angels on the two of coins;
part of the flame & colour scheme of the tower on Maison-Dieu;
the plant beneath the wall on r/h side of the Sun;
the three equally spaced buttons on the straps of the Knight of Sword's skirt;
the little ball [fallen bell?] between the feet of the Fool [also on the Chosson];
the mound upon which the figure of the world stands.
The Phoenix on a Pyre is also on the Amphous-Arnoux deck, which is a copy of the Tourcaty, and the same is also on the cards of several Swiss cardmakers, e.g., Rochias, Schaer, Burdel families, but with different surroundings and with two trumpets.
Note: Tourcaty produced both a Type 1 and a Type 2, both are mentioned by Camoin.
*Marchand-cartier active in Marseille from 1723 to 1769. Son of the merchant-cartier Jean-François Tourcaty and Geneviève Deluy. Born between 1683 and 1687. First wife Claire Savine on May 17, 1712, parish La Major. Second wife Françoise Surian on May 28, 1726, Notre-Dame des Accoules parish.
Address:Marseille: 1723. - Petit-Mazeau Street. At the sign of the phoenix.
source: BnF
C.F. Carrajat* 1786/1805 of Chambery using woodblocks engraved by AG Zoya 1747/1755 (Italy/Piedmont) originally made for an unknown Swiss cardmaker of Coppet:
looped knife on the table of the Bateleur [a feature common to several Swiss decks];
floating coin of the King of Coins [a feature fairly common among Italian decks] & curved lines beneath chair;
ermine pattern on Justice;
ermine pattern on the Page of Swords;
the pattern of triangles on the hem of the King of Sword's skirt;
the frown and smile of the faces on the King of Sword's epaulets;
*Born on August 12, 1760, died on July 7,1805. Married Claudine Gonnon on October 16, 1786, their son, Jean-Claude, born May 24, 1791, takes over his father's activity around 1815.
Address:Chambéry: 1787. - rue Tupin
Source: BnF
Jean Payen 1713:
TdMI style pattern of rays on Ace of Swords; [Dodal is similar, as also Nicolas Rolichon 1601-1635/37 & Philip Vachier 1639]
leaf on the side of Baton and pattern of rays on Ace of Batons; [Dodal is similar, as also Nicolas Rolichon 1601-1635/37 & Philip Vachier 1639]
the acorn/circle on the knee of the Pope;
the serpentine shape on the hem of Temperance & acorn shape at the side, circle & spiky pattern beneath collar [see also, Chosson];
face on belly & eyes on knees of the Devil [see also, Dodal];
possibly the line on the forelock of the horses of the Chariot but exaggerated in C&J;
the solid area beneath knee of the figure of the Star [Dodal is similar];
the blue hand of the hermit holding the cane;
the river-like lines on the Sun [Dodal is similar];
the 'yod' droplets on Judgment [Dodal is similar];
the wavy sword/baton [?] on the Queen of Cups [as also Feautrier & Suzanne;
Pierre Madenie:
Crescent breasts of the Devil [see also, Burdel];
Jacob Jerger* of Besancon, active 1801/1845:
the door with its pattern on the tower of Maison-Dieu;
*Born in Kehl, Germany on July 7, 1777, died in Besançon April 4, 1860. Son of Gaspar Jerger and Françoise Spechtin, he married Antoinette Guénard, widow of the merchant-cartier Nicolas Labouret the 9 Thermidor Year IX in Besançon and thus takes over the fund of the latter. Wife in second marriage Jeanne-Claudine-Adélaïde Dagane and in third marriage Françoise-Laurence Desviruer. His factory was taken over in 1845 by Louis Charles Narcisse Renault, then in 1860 by Pierre-François Guyard, in 1875 by J. Blanche and finally in 1878 by Hermann Arnulf Kirchner, all of whom continue to make the "Jerger Tarot". - It says "owner" at his death.
Address:Besançon: 1820-1860. - Grande-Rue, No. 78
Source: BnF
Swiss cardmakers, e.g., Hans Buolman [and his son Frantz Antoine Buolman], Joseph Jaggi, Bernard Schaer: the curly knife on the table of the Bateleur [see also Carrajat] & the Ermine pattern on several cards, such as the King and Queen of Coins.
Unidentified:
the 'Lazos de Amor' [love bond/knot] on the lower-right panel of the King of Baton's chair;
no exact match for the blue blobs on the left side of the ground on the Page of Batons, Chosson has two, but the top one isn't circular;
the pattern in the bottom right corner of the Queen of Batons;
the circularity of the green gap between the Knight of Batons elbow & waist;
the tear-drop on the shield of the chariot - the Suzanne is closest but is diamond-shaped.
the 'cheerful' looking face of the figure on the right side of the card on the Sun card, who appears gloomy in other decks;
Abbreviations
BnF = Bibliothèque nationale de France
BM = British Museum
C&J - Camoin & Jodorowsky
LINKS:
Conver:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=42918;4
Chosson:
https://tarotchoco.quebecblogue.com/
Dodal:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 1-592-1-78
Tourcaty Type 2 :
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1 ... k=343349;2 -
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 1-568-1-58
see also, Amphoux-Arnoult:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=386268;0
Suzanne:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 982-U-4597
Noblet:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=386268;0
Jerger:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... rk=21459;2
see also
Reynault:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=21459;2#
Blanche:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=536483;2
Kirchner:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=450646;0
Carrajat/Zoya:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... k=729617;2 -
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 706-9-1-78
Payen 1743 [pack of mixed editions with different backs, but I think some of them are not Payen]:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... 815454;4Fe
Incomplete deck at the Cary Collection:
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/32296376
Payen 1713 https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/32296393
See also: Nicola Novaro c1844 of Oneglia, Liguria, Italy:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 96-0501-17
Feautrier - four packs of partial decks, no trumps:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/ ... 5725033%22
Feautrier Trumps:
https://www.tarot-de-marseille-heritage ... r1762.html
Bernard Schaer incomplete deck:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 6-0501-783
Jaggi incomplete 49/54:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectio ... 6-0501-781
Trumps of the Pierre Madenie, Francois Heri, Francois Chosson, Jean-Baptiste Madenie, Francoise Tourcaty, Rochus Schar, Claude Burdel, Nicolas Conver, Jacques Rochias, Arnoux & Amphous, Bernardin Suzanne, Arnoult 1748 at the Tarot de Marseille Heritage Gallery:
https://www.tarot-de-marseille-heritage ... .html#haut
Edited to add subsequently mentioned details.