The Game of Tarot: From Ferrara to Salt Lake City |
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Contents
History and Mystery | 4 |
The Tarot Pack in PlayingCard History | 5 |
The Beginnings in Europe | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Game of Tarot: From Ferrara to Salt Lake City |
| Authors | Michael Dummett, Sylvia Mann |
| Editor | Sylvia Mann |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Duckworth, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0715610147, 9780715610145 |
| Length | 600 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / General |
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