The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
1910 book by A. E. Waite From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1910 book by A. E. Waite From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is a divinatory tarot guide, with text by A. E. Waite and illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. Published in conjunction with the Rider–Waite tarot deck, the pictorial version (released 1910, dated 1911)[1] followed the success of the deck and Waite's (unillustrated 1909) text The Key to the Tarot.[2] Both Waite and Smith were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols used for the deck, and he did much research into the traditions, interpretations, and history behind the cards.
Author | Arthur Edward Waite |
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Illustrator | Pamela Colman Smith |
Language | English |
Subject | Divinatory tarot |
Published | 1910/1911 |
Publisher | William Rider & Son |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
The book (which Waite himself called "a monograph") consists of three parts.
In 1916, American author L. W. de Laurence published an exact facsimile copy of the book under the title The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Illustrating the Greater and Lesser Arcana without giving any credit to Waite or Smith.
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