Cards from an antique French tarot deck known as “The Grand Etteilla.” ‘Etteilla’ is the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette,…

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Cards from an antique French tarot deck known as “ The Grand Etteilla.”

‘Etteilla’ is the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette, (1738 – 1791) as ‘Etteilla’ is simply the reverse of his surname. He was a French occultist who helped popularize tarot divination to a wide audience in 1785.