Author: Theodore Low De VinnePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385517370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
The Invention of Printing, a Collection of Facts and Opinions Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards
Author: Theodore Low De VinnePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385517370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Catalogue of the Literature and History of the British Islands ...
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A Cultural History of Tarot
Author: Helen FarleyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857711822
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged Man and The Fool: over which loom the terrifying figures of Death and The Devil. The 21 numbered playing cards of tarot have always exerted strong fascination, way beyond their original purpose, and the multiple resonances of the deck are ubiquitous. From T S Eliot and his 'wicked pack of cards' in "The Waste Land" to the psychic divination of Solitaire in Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die"; and from the satanic novels of Dennis Wheatley to the deck's adoption by New Age practitioners, the cards have in modern times become inseparably connected to the occult. They are now viewed as arguably the foremost medium of prophesying and foretelling. Yet, as the author shows, originally the tarot were used as recreational playing cards by the Italian nobility in the Renaissance. It was only much later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, that the deck became associated with esotericism before evolving finally into a diagnostic tool for mind, body and spirit. This is the first book to explore the remarkably varied ways in which tarot has influenced culture. Tracing the changing patterns of the deck's use, from game to mysterious oracular device, Helen Farley examines tarot's emergence in 15th century Milan and discusses its later associations with astrology, kabbalah and the Age of Aquarius.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
The Use and Abuse of Abbreviations
Author: Henry Rush BossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbreviations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A Catalogue of Works on Music, Songs, Games, Sports, Military and Naval Sciences, Law, Diplomacy, Proverbs, Bibliography, Typography, Literary and Catalogues of Libraries
Author: Bernard QuaritchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Eclectic Magazine
Author: John Holmes AgnewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Eclectic Magazine
Author: John Holmes AgnewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
A General Catalogue of Books Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices by Bernard Quaritch ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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