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Bibliography – (8) Cartomancy
- Autenboer, Eugeen van
Waarzeggerij en Speelkaarten
- Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, Turnhout, 1973
text in Dutch. 14pp. illustrated.
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- Bellenghi, Alessandro
Il libro della Cartomanzia
- Arnaldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1985
text in Italian. 158pp illustrated.
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- Bellenghi, Alessandro
Cartomancy
- Ebury Press, London, 1988
ISBN 0 85223 720 0 (Hardback), 085223 710 3 (Paperback)
text in English (translated from Italian).
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- Bernouilli, Rudolf
Zur symbolik geometrischer Figuren und Zahlen
- In Eranos-Jahrbuch 1934 pp.369-415.
Rhein-Verlag, Zurich, 1934
text in German.
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- Boiteau d’Ambly, P.
Les Cartes à Jouer et la Cartomancie
- Hachette, Paris, 1854
text in French.
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- Cavendish, Richard
The Tarot
- Michael Joseph, London, 1975
ISBN 07181 1412 4
text in English. 191pp well illustrated in b/w & colour.
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- Decker, Ronald & Depaulis, Thierry & Dummett, Michael
A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot
- Gerald Duckworth, London, 1996
ISBN 0-7156-2713-9
text in English. 308 pp. 16 pp. of black & white illustrations.
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- Decker, Ron, & Dummett, Michael
A History of the Occult Tarot 1870-1970
- Duckworth, London, 2002
ISBN 0-7156-3122-5
text in English. xii, 379 pp. 12 b/w plates
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- Dessuart (le Mage)
La cartomancie: devins et destins
- Nathan, Paris, 1987
text in French. 142 pp., profusely illustrated
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- Douglas, Alfred
The Tarot
- Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1972
text in English. 249pp. drawings from Sheridan Tarot.
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- Erlanz de Guler, Maritxu
Tarot: Ciencia o Revelacion?
- Diputacion Foral de Alava, Vitoria, 1989
text in Spanish. 15pp. illustrated in colour.
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- Giles, Cynthia
The Tarot, History, Mystery and Lore
- Paragon House, USA, 1992
text in English.
Recommended by Frank Jensen as an example of contemporary intelligent tarot literature.
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- Graf, Eckhard
Mythos Tarot: Historische Fakten
- Param, Ahlerstedt, 1989
text in German, 192 pp
Recommended by Frank Jensen as an example of contemporary intelligent tarot literature.
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- Hoffmann, Detlef and Kroppenstedt, Erika
Wahrsagenkarten
- Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum, Bielefeld, 1972
text in German.
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- Hutton, Alice
The Cards Can’t Lie. Prophetic, Educational & Playing-Cards.
- Jupiter Books, London, 1979
ISBN 0 904041 97 2
text in English. 127pp b/w illustrations.
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- Institut für Spielforschung und Spielpädagogik (Salzburg)
Wahrsagespiele, Los- und Orakelbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten
- Institut für Spielforschung und Spielpädagogik, Salzburg, 1997
(Homo Ludens, Sondernummer)
text in German. 121 pp. some colour illustrations
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- Jensen, K Frank
The Prophetic Cards
- Ouroboros, Roskilde, 1985
ISBN 87 87976 05 6
text in Danish and English. Fully illustrated.
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- Jensen, K Frank
The Prophetic Cards, Volume II
- Ouroboros, Roskilde, 1990
ISBN 87 87976 11 0
No text, captions in English. Fully illustrated.
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- Jensen, K Frank
Tarot. Kortspil – Magi – Symbolik. (Exhibition hand-out)
- Ouroboros, Roskilde, 1987
ISBN 87 87976 10 2
text in Danish. 24pp illustrated.
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- Kaplan, Stuart R.
The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume I
- U.S. Games Systems, Inc., New York 10016, U.S.A., 1978
(Sixth printing 1988)
ISBN 0 913866 11 3
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- Kaplan, Stuart R.
The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume II
- U.S. Games Systems, Inc., New York 10016, U.S.A., 1986
ISBN 0 913866 36 9
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- Kaplan, Stuart R.
The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume III
- U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 0 88079 122 5
(8) (6: Tarot)
- Kaplan, Stuart R.
Tarot Classic
- Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1972
ISBN 0 448 01223 5
text in English. 240pp, some illustrations.
(8) (6: Tarot)
- Lhôte, Jean-Marie
Court de Gebelin. Le Tarot (reproducing part of Le Monde Primitif).
- Berg International, Paris, 1983
ISBN 2 900269 30 X
text in French. 195pp, some illustrations.
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- McCormack, Kathleen
Tarot
- Fontana Books, London, 1973
text in English. 127pp. diagrams.
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- Nagy, Arkanumok
Tarot
- Kassak Kiado, Budapest
ISBN 963 7765 36 0
text in Hungarian. 87pp with 23 colour illustrations.
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- O’Neill, Robert V.
Tarot symbolism
- Fairway Press, Lima, Ohio, 1986
ISBN 0 89536 936 2
text in English. 392pp. unillustrated.
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- Pollack, Rachel
The New Tarot
- The Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, 1989
ISBN 0 85030 653 1
text in English. 176pp well illustrated.
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- Shephard, John
The Tarot Trumps. Cosmos in Miniature.
- The Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, 1985
ISBN 0 85030 450 4
text in English. 134pp illustrated.
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- Wowk, Kathleen
Tarot Cards
- Stanley Gibbons Publications Ltd., London, 1978
ISBN 0 85259 066 0
text in English.
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