The tarot, [circa 1870-1885].
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Description
- Title
- The tarot, [circa 1870-1885].
- Creator
- Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
- Contributor
- Kaplan, Stuart R.
- Abstract
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Autograph manuscript notes and translations from chiefly Italian sources on the subject of tarot probably compiled by Abner Doubleday, circa 1870-1886, including extensive discussion of tarot in relation to the Cabala
The volume includes material about tarot attributed to Alliette, Jean Belot, Thomas H. Burgoyne, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Antoine Court de Gébelin, Éliphas Lévi, R. Palmer-Thomas, Moreau de Dammartin, M. Le C. de M. (Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de Fayolle, Comte de Mellet), Ramon Llull (cited as Raymond Lulli), Thomas Moore Johnson, Papus, Guillaume Postel (cited as William Postel), and Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, as well as extracts from the Journal of the Theosophical Society, which later became The Theosophist, and The Platonist
The volume includes astrological charts and a group of 78 hand-drawn and colored copies of Italian tarot cards, including examples made by Farinone Battista in Varallo
Typescript front matter tipped in the volume by Stuart R. Kaplan includes an index and page notes, and a description of the volume from Charles Hamilton, Auction No. 77, May 2, 1974, Lot 283, as well as a photocopy of an entry for Doubleday from Charles Lincoln Van Doren and Robert McHenry, Webster's American Biographies (Springfield, Mass: G. & C. Merriam Co, 1974).
- Description
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Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) was a United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War, as well as a prominent member of the Theosophical Society.
In English and Italian.
Title from cover. - Provenance
- Ex libris Stuart R. Kaplan. Purchased from William Reese Co. (Christie's New York sale, 2006 June 21, lot 220) on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 2006.
- Extent
- 1 27 cm v. (267 p.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Pages 173 - 174 wanting.
- Language
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English
Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS VOL 436
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Handbooks, manuals, etc
Tarot - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
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Alliette, 1738-1791.
Battista, Farinone.
Belot, Jean.
Burgoyne, Thomas H.
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795.
Court de Gébelin, Antoine, 1725-1784.
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893.
Fayolle, Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de, Comte de Mellet, 1727-1804.
Johnson, Thomas Moore, 1851-1919.
Kaplan, Stuart R.
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875.
Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
Moreau de Dammartin.
Palmer-Thomas, R.
Papus, 1865-1916.
Postel, Guillaume, 1510-1581.
Saint-Martin, Louis-Claude de, 1743-1803. - Subject (Topic)
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Astrology
Cabala
Tarot
Tarot cards - Subjects
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Alliette, 1738-1791
Battista, Farinone
Belot, Jean
Burgoyne, Thomas H.
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
Court de Gébelin, Antoine, 1725-1784
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
Fayolle, Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de, Comte de Mellet, 1727-1804
Johnson, Thomas Moore, 1851-1919
Kaplan, Stuart R.
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875
Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
Moreau de Dammartin
Palmer-Thomas, R.
Papus, 1865-1916
Postel, Guillaume, 1510-1581
Saint-Martin, Louis-Claude de, 1743-1803
Theosophist
Platonist
Astrology
Cabala
Tarot
Tarot > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Tarot cards
Kaplan, Stuart R. > Bookplate
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Abner Doubleday, The Tarot. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12426250
- Object ID (OID)
- 32466186