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An enquiry into the origin of the game of tharot.

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, 1725-1784.
Date:
1795
Description:
Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
Identifier:
9962936033503681; (OCoLC)ocn917533076; (OCoLC)917533076; (PU)6293603-penndb-Voyager
Language:
English; Hebrew; Greek, Modern (1453-)
Provenance:
Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 604-607, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper covers; stamps throughout).; 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.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
Publisher:
[England], [circa 1794]
Relation:
https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/
Subject:
Tarot (Game) -- Early works to 1800.; Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Tarot (Game); Occultism.; Manuscripts, English.; Manuscripts, European.
Resource Type:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
4 volumes (188, 180, 130, 196) leaves: paper; mm bound to mm + 2 notes
Personal Name:
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.; Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner.
Corporate Name:
Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Binding: Contemporary parchment. Moderate to severe moisture damage has made the paper very fragile and the text illegible in many places. Volume 4 has severe moisture damage to paper and many leaves are stuck together.; Ms. codex.; Title from title page (V. 1, p. v).; Pagination: V:1: Paper, 188 leaves; [vi], 1-290, 201-278, [ii]. V.2: Paper, 180 leaves; [ii], 1-174, [i], 1-55, 55-182. V.3: Paper, 130 leaves; [iv], 1-246, [x]. V.4: Paper, 196 leaves; [x], 1-76, 72-87, 87-110, 1-4, 4-141, [cxxiv]. Contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Several pen and ink diagrams throughout (for example, V. 3, p. 212); pencil drawings of tarot figures (V. 2, p. 175; V. 3, p. 150).; Origin: Written in Lymington, 2 September 1793 (V. 2, p. 174) and Gibraltar, 28 February 1794 (V. 3, p. 346) and 25 July 1795 (V. 4, p. 110, 141).; English, with occasional words in Hebrew and Greek.
Physical Location:
Ms. Codex 1692