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Embarras

from The Grand Etteilla, printed c. 1875-1899, to Etteilla's design of 1788

Two large coins marked with Mercury's glyph sit wreathed in flames on a rocky shore, a running Mercury below. Upright Embarras, difficulty; reversed Lettre, a letter. The burning coins are among the strangest images in the deck, and nobody has fully explained them.

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