![The Tarot, in the form of leaves of the book of Thoth placed in the temple of Fire at Memphis, Egypt. Mixed media by J.B. Alliette (Etteilla), 178-. | Wellcome Collection The Tarot, in the form of leaves of the book of Thoth placed in the temple of Fire at Memphis, Egypt. Mixed media by J.B. Alliette (Etteilla), 178-. | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/thumbs/b15848577_0001.JP2/full/!200,200/0/default.jpg)
The Tarot, in the form of leaves of the book of Thoth placed in the temple of Fire at Memphis, Egypt. Mixed media by J.B. Alliette (Etteilla), 178-. | Wellcome Collection
Art & Tarot - Welcome dear friends! "Etteilla", the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1738 – 1791), was the French occultist who was the first to popularise tarot divination to a wide audience (
![N/A. English: Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) at his work table, from the Cours théorique et pratique du livre de Thot (1790) Italiano: Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) al suo tavolo di lavoro, tratto dal Cours N/A. English: Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) at his work table, from the Cours théorique et pratique du livre de Thot (1790) Italiano: Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) al suo tavolo di lavoro, tratto dal Cours](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P5KGKX/na-english-jean-baptiste-alliette-etteilla-at-his-work-table-from-the-cours-thorique-et-pratique-du-livre-de-thot-1790-italiano-jean-baptiste-alliette-etteilla-al-suo-tavolo-di-lavoro-tratto-dal-cours-thorique-et-pratique-du-livre-de-thot-1790-9-june-2012-unknown-86-alliette-P5KGKX.jpg)