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