The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck

Waite, A.E.

ISBN 10: 071267067X / ISBN 13: 9780712670678

Published by Ebury Pr, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck
• Publisher: Ebury Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071267067X
• ISBN 13: 9780712670678
• Binding: Cards
• Condition: New
• Weight: 16 ounces

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Synopsis

First issued in 1910, this pack contains one of the widest used tarot decks in the world, along with a useful instructional book which explains the usage of the cards.

About the Author

A.E. Waite (Author) Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.Pamela Colman Smith (Illustrator) Pamela Colman Smith was born in England to American parents. Her childhood years were spent between London, New York and Kingston, Jamaica. She became a theatrical designer, even collaborating with the notable W.B. Yeats on stage designs. She was an illustrator mainly of books, pamphlets and posters too. Under the guidance of A. E. Waite, she undertook a series of seventy-eight allegorical paintings described by Waite as a 'rectified' tarot pack. The designs, published in the same year by William Rider and Son, exemplify the mysticism, ritual, imagination, fantasy and deep emotions of the artist.