Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards

Atouts of an Early Italian Pack of Tarots
Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards
By MRS. JOHN KING VAN RENSSELAER
Author of “The Devil’s Picture Books,” Etc.
LONDON HURST & BLACKETT, Ltd. PATERNOSTER HOUSE 1912
PRINTED BY THE GEORGE H BUCHANAN COMPANY Philadelphia, U. S. A.
The Oracle of Ishtar and Nebo Uttered by a Woman Baya (or Witch) a Native of Arabela



If an apology is needed for writing again on the subject of playing cards, the excuse may be offered that new lights have been turned on the subject, so that there is fresh information to lay before the public, derived from a close and exhaustive study of the European libraries and museums, as well as of the pictures on the Playing Cards themselves or prints found in those repositories, and also in the collection owned by the writer; for these speak their histories to those who regard their symbols with appreciative knowledge, since they had an immense significance when originally adopted.