Creator
Aleister Crowley
Title
The Book of Thoth
Coverage
London
Publisher
OTO/Chiswick Press Ltd.
Date
1944
Subject
First Edition. Signed in Greek as “The Great Wild Beast” on the limitation page. Original half-leather binding, with papered boards decorated with Egyptian motifs by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Gilt title and designs on the spine. Only about a dozen were produced thus, and of those very few have been preserved in such nice condition.
Description
In this important work, Crowley sets out his design for an updated Tarot deck. The illustrations were made by Frieda Lady Harris, and the resulting Tarot deck continues to be one of the best-selling in the world.
Source
From the collection of Matthew Andrews