An enquiry into the origin of the game of tharot; [manuscript].

Title:

An enquiry into the origin of the game of tharot [manuscript].

Abstract:

English translation by Charles Rainsford of French text on the history and use of tarot cards for divination by Antoine Court de Gébelin.

Creator:

Court de Gébelin, Antoine,

Description:

Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.

Format:

4 v. (188, 180, 130, 196) leaves: paper; mm. bound to mm. + 2 notes.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn917533076; (OCoLC)917533076; (PU)6293603-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English, with occasional words in Hebrew and Greek.

Provenance:

Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 604-607, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper covers; stamps throughout).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.; Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.

Publisher:

[England, circa 1794]

Relation:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3rr1pt2s; https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6293603

Subject:

Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Tarot (Game) -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, English; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscripts

Personal Name:

Rainsford, Charles,; Northumberland, Hugh Percy,

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1692