The game of Tarot: from Ferrara to Salt Lake City |
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Contents
The Tarot Pack in PlayingCard History | 3 |
The Beginnings in Europe | 10 |
Europe and Asia | 33 |
Copyright | |
31 other sections not shown
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The game of Tarot: from Ferrara to Salt Lake City |
| Authors | Michael A. E. Dummett, Sylvia Mann |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Duckworth Publishers, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0715610147, 9780715610145 |
| Length | 600 pages |
| Subjects | › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / Tarot Body, Mind & Spirit / General |
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