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Author : Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational, and Playing Cards written by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John King Van Rensselaer
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515352518
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards written by John King Van Rensselaer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. It is twenty years since The Devil's Picture Book was published and it is now out of print. The writer has been frequently called upon to furnish papers on the subject, so that it has been kept fresh in mind. At the time that the first book was issued it was the only one that had been printed in the United States devoted entirely to the history of cards not necessarily connected with games. Since then little has been published on the subject, and the information given in the present volume has been largely derived from the writer's own observations and studies. A collection of Playing Cards, begun at that time with a solitary pack brought as a curiosity by a traveler from Algiers, that bore the ancient pips of Swords, Staves, Money and Cups, has now grown to hundreds of specimens culled from many different countries. Comparing these with each other, and studying all obtainable histories on the subject, leads to the conclusion that the writers of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were correct when they stated that no historical record existed before the middle of the fourteenth century of games played with cards. But each and all of the writers on Playing Cards agree that there were cards and that they seem to have been used for fortune-telling before 1350, and also that there was a baffling resemblance between the traditions of the cards and what was recorded of the Egyptian mysteries connected with the worship of Thoth Hermes.
Author : John Van Rensselaer
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ISBN 13 : 9781701866782
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards written by John Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book which traces the history of playing cards back to their origin. That the earliest known cards used either for prophesying or for playing were connected with the ancient worship of Mercury. is the point which the author seeks to establish. She has made a careful study of the card collections oi.' many museums and the cards of many countries and brings together a vast amount of card lore. She divides cards into three classes: those used for divining purposes; cards with educational uses: and cards used for amusement and gambling. One chapter is devoted to Chess and other games, and one to Fortune telling through cards.
Author : King Rensselaer
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490474168
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards written by King Rensselaer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Playing Cards, begun at that time with a solitary pack brought as a curiosity by a traveler from Algiers, that bore the ancient pips of Swords, Staves, Money and Cups, has now grown to hundreds of specimens culled from many different countries. Comparing these with each other, and studying all obtainable histories on the subject, leads to the conclusion that the writers of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were correct when they stated that no historical record existed before the middle of the fourteenth century of games played with cards. But each and all of the writers on Playing Cards agree that there were cards and that they seem to have been used for fortune-telling before 1350, and also that there was a baffling resemblance between the traditions of the cards and what was recorded of the Egyptian mysteries connected with the worship of Thoth Hermes.It therefore followed that the history and traditions peculiar to the ceremonies connected with that personage should be studied in order to trace Playing Cards to their birthplace and find for them an origin, without weakly stopping at the fourteenth century, and declaring that cards came out of space, as many authors have done.The heraldic devices of Mercury, which are the emblems of what has always been called, by historians, “The Book of Thoth Hermes Trismegistus,” are in themselves mute proof of the connection of the Tarots (as they are now called) with the cult of Mercury. These cards are the oldest ones known, and the symbols are retained in Italian Tarots of to-day, so it may be allowed that when Playing Cards are studied as the leaves of the book of a cult, not as a game, their own pictures relate the story that has lain dormant for many hundreds of years. They only required to have a key in order to be intelligible to any one interested in the subject, and this has been furnished by recognizing the four attributes of Mercury in the card pips, which had escaped the notice of students until the present time, as well as the attributes of the picture part of the pack called the Atouts, which are those of Egyptian gods.
Author : Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational, and Playing Cards written by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John King Van Rensselaer
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498076630
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards written by John King Van Rensselaer and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
Author : Mrs. John King van Rensselaer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333843847
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards (Classic Reprint) written by Mrs. John King van Rensselaer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards Plato's advice - a tract - Astronomical and religious packs - Historical cards of the United States - Proverbs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John King Mrs Van Rensselaer, 1848-19
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781363606818
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)
Download or read book PROPHETICAL EDUCATIONAL & PLAY written by John King Mrs Van Rensselaer, 1848-19 and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice Hutton
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ISBN 13 : 9780882548753
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (487 download)
Download or read book The Cards Can't Lie written by Alice Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
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Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Prophetical, Educational, and Playing Cards written by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allison Levy
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 : 1580442617
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Playthings in Early Modernity written by Allison Levy and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory, Playthings in Early Modernity emphasizes the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. Thus, the titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the early modern world, is treated not merely as a pastime, a leisurely pursuit, but as a pivotal part of daily life, a strategic psychosocial endeavor.
Author : Catherine Perry Hargrave
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486412369
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming written by Catherine Perry Hargrave and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intricate, absorbing study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations. Praised by The New York Times as "the most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."
Author : Mark R. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501347268
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader written by Mark R. Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casino games and traditional card games have rich and idiosyncratic histories, complex subcultures and player practices, and facilitate the flow of billions of dollars each year through casinos and card rooms, and between professional players and amateurs. They have nevertheless been overlooked by game scholars due to the negative ethical weight of “gambling” – with such games pathologized and labelled as deviance or mental illness, few look beyond to unpick the games, their players, and their communities. The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader offers 25 chapters studying the communities playing these games, the distinctive cultures and practices that have emerged around them, their activities and beliefs and interpersonal relationships, and how these games influence – both positively and negatively – the lives and careers of millions of game players around the world. It is the first of a new series of edited collections, Play Beyond the Computer, dedicated to exploring the play of games beyond computers and games consoles.
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Total Pages : 728 pages
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Download or read book American Homes and Gardens written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Dee
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1571748318
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Fortune Telling with Playing Cards written by Jonathan Dee and published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards. There is a certain romance attached to playing cards: from the riverboat gamblers on the Mississippi to genteel parlor games and the current popular surge in poker tournaments. How many of us while away our bored moments with a game of solitaire? This user-friendly guide will show you how to turn an ordinary deck of cards into a fun and simple tool for telling the future. Learn the past, present, and future with a regular deck of playing cards--no trivia, no special talents, no psychic ability. If you can read this, you can learn fortune telling with a regular deck of cards. The author explains the meaning of each of the 52 cards in the deck, plus the Joker, presents several layouts for general readings, and answers specific questions.
Author : Helen Farley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857711822
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book A Cultural History of Tarot written by Helen Farley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged Man and The Fool: over which loom the terrifying figures of Death and The Devil. The 21 numbered playing cards of tarot have always exerted strong fascination, way beyond their original purpose, and the multiple resonances of the deck are ubiquitous. From T S Eliot and his 'wicked pack of cards' in "The Waste Land" to the psychic divination of Solitaire in Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die"; and from the satanic novels of Dennis Wheatley to the deck's adoption by New Age practitioners, the cards have in modern times become inseparably connected to the occult. They are now viewed as arguably the foremost medium of prophesying and foretelling. Yet, as the author shows, originally the tarot were used as recreational playing cards by the Italian nobility in the Renaissance. It was only much later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, that the deck became associated with esotericism before evolving finally into a diagnostic tool for mind, body and spirit. This is the first book to explore the remarkably varied ways in which tarot has influenced culture. Tracing the changing patterns of the deck's use, from game to mysterious oracular device, Helen Farley examines tarot's emergence in 15th century Milan and discusses its later associations with astrology, kabbalah and the Age of Aquarius.
Author : Frank Moore Colby
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Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The New International Encyclopædia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
