On the Tarot

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Sewn hard-cover in printed dust jacketn120 pages, ?engravings ( small 8vo ) ?4.25 ? x 7 ? Source text on the history of TarotnEngravings reproduced from an original Edition of 1787nQuality bookmaking for beauty and longevitynThe First Edition is Limited to 1,500 copies Referring to it as the Book of Destiny, Antoine Court de Gebelin published the first documented essays on the Tarot in his multi-volume French encyclopedia Le Monde Primitif in 1787.

The ideas expressed on the Tarot as a book of wisdom or mystical repository, sometimes known as the Book of Thoth, was quoted by many proponents of the esoteric tradition; William Wy Westcott, Papus, Eliphas Levi, A.E.Waite, Paul Foster Case and Manly P. Hall among them. This complete English translation provides an important text in the history and use of the Tarot to scholars and diviners of the western esoteric tradition.

Author Antoine Court de Gébeli Author Info Antoine Court, who named himself Antoine Court de Gébelin, was a Protestant pastor, born in Nîmes, who initiated the interpretation of the Tarot as an arcane repository of timeless esoteric wisdom in 1781. ISBN-13 N/a Publisher Ouroboros Press Publication Date Originally Published 1787 Edition 1st (Limited Edition) Binding Hardcover Condition Used – Very Good Page Count 120 Pages