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Attention Tarot Collectors: Swann Galleries Fine Books Auction

I just received an email from Lynn Araujo of US Games Systems asking me to share the following information which will be of great interest to serious tarot collectors.

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Swann Galleries of New York is presenting a Fine Books auction on April 2, 2009 featuring Works on Cards & The Occult from the Collection of Stuart R. Kaplan.

Many of these works are referenced in the Encyclopedia of Tarot by Kaplan.

Collection highlights include rare manuscripts and first edition books relating to playing cards and tarot.

LOT 16: Les Cartes a Jouer du XIVe au XXe Siecle: A two-volume, first edition (1906)of an encyclopedic history of playing cards with lavish illustrations in full color.

LOT 17: First edition (1770) of Jean-Baptiste Alliette's first book, a treatise on divination with regular playing cards.

LOT 18: Group of 7 works by Alliette from the 1780s.

LOT 19: First edition of the final volume of Aretino's dialogues concerning card games and tarot, 1589re.

LOT 20: First edition (1572) treatise on games with reference to tarocchi.

LOT 21: 1526 poem on Italian card game primiera, old vellum loose binding.

LOT 22: 47 engraved plates and maps concerning mythology and esoteric language, and ancient origins of tarot (1787) Pages 365-410 in Volume 8 includes the famous "Du Jeudes Tarot" detailing the ancient Egyptian origins of tarot.

LOT 23: First edition of Moonchild, a 1929 novel by Aleister Crowleys.

LOT 26: Handwritten notebook, containing over 180 leaves, with original transcribed text from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, circa 1890s.

LOT 29: Group of 8 first-edition volumes signed by famous fortuneteller LeNormand (published 1814-1831).

LOT 32: 18th century handwritten manuscript English Fortune Tellers, with astrology diagrams.

LOT 33: Three 1782 volumes by Saint-Martin on the occult philosophy of the Major Arcana.

LOT 34: 19th century manuscript The Art of Divination by Cards: A Complete Revelation of Destiny by Means of Cards & Tarot.


Descriptions and images of all items (Lots 16-34) may be viewed online at www.swanngalleries.com
or at the public Exhibition March 28-April 1 at 104 East 25th Street, New York, New York.

Public Auction Sale 2175 is being held Thursday April 2 at 10:30 AM.

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Thank you, Lynn for the heads up!

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