The History of Tarot by Giordano Berti
I desperately needed this book twenty-five years ago when I began looking into tarot history. Back then, I had to cobble together a coherent story from online discussions, Kaplan’s Encyclopedias, and a few exhibit catalogs. Berti’s book has everything an aspiring tarot historian could possibly need. This moderately priced, generously illustrated, 375-page paperback reads like a novel but contains a comprehensive narrative of tarot history.
Tarot Heritage 