Bernard de Courville, FlorenceBiblio.com
Randall, Edith L and Campbell, FlorenceBiblio.com
Sacred Symbols of the Ancients - the Mystical Significance of Our Fifty-Two Playing Cards and Their Amazing Connection with Our Individual Birthdays
1970réf. A50239North Hollywood CA: Symbols & Signs. Very Good. 1970. New Edition. Plastic comb binding. New Edition or 2nd Edition depending on your point of view . This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some edge wear bumping rubbing and wear and tear to the spine ends corners and edges. There is one tear to the front foredge of the book cover and another to the bottom rear cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright though there is some light generalized toning. There is a previous owner's inked name on the inside front cover of the book. "The decks of playing card brought by merchants to Europe were not for divination. Such playing cards came to Europe from Italy in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The game was called Il giuco dei Tarocchi from the Arabic turuquîn which translates to “wayfarers. ” Il giuco dei Tarocchi was thus “the game of the wayfaring people. ” This card game established a basic card layout of 22 playing cards used later for divination. Many playing cards in Il giuco dei Tarocchi were cards familiar to modern divination users such as the Fool the Empress the Wheel of Fortune and the Star. The interpretation of playing cards is not ancient wisdom. A former Protestant pastor named Antoine Court de Gébelin created the idea the Tarocchini playing cards had any occult meaning in 1781. According to The Forest of Souls : A Walk through the Tarot by Rachael Pollack de Gébelin believed without evidence that the Tarocchini had ancient and mystical roots in the Egyptian worship of Thoth." from Art of Play; B&W and Color Illustrations; 198p. pages; Pictured 1/29/25 . Symbols & Signs unknown
