Eudes Picard's Tarot

Eudes Picard's Tarot is an introduction to the lineage of Spanish Tarots spearheaded by Eudes Picard in the first decade of the 1900's. Picard is one of the published Tarot authors of his times; he cites contemporaries Paul Christian, Eliphas Levi, Papus, Elie Alta, and Pierre Piobb in the course of his explanations. These Tarot images were produced as sketches for his book, Manuel Synthetique et Pratique del Tarot , published in Paris, 1909. Only 50 copies of the black-and-white...
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Eudes Picard's Tarot is an introduction to the lineage of Spanish Tarots spearheaded by Eudes Picard in the first decade of the 1900's. Picard is one of the published Tarot authors of his times; he cites contemporaries Paul Christian, Eliphas Levi, Papus, Elie Alta, and Pierre Piobb in the course of his explanations. These Tarot images were produced as sketches for his book, Manuel Synthetique et Pratique del Tarot , published in Paris, 1909. Only 50 copies of the black-and-white sketches were printed on cards, the plates were rediscovered in 2012, from which Muriel Mechin made a new print run at the Musee de la Typographie in Tours. The suited cards of this pack have been emulated on several modern Tarots, but never has the full pack been presented on its own terms. Tarot researcher Christine Payne-Towler presents the sparse explanations Picard gave for the individual cards, enhanced with cultural context and esoteric commentary from past writings as well as personal experience using cards from this Tarot family. The 78 cards have been sensitively and masterfully colored by Tarot artist Michael Dowers. This is the color edition of the book.