Rivers of Life
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1883. Hardcover. Item #17148
Set condition is Good, bound in full green cloth with gilt titles one front covers and spines. Hinges are weak. Tearing to cloth exterior, stains and scuffs, bubbling to cloth at a few spots, significant edge wear. A few creases to interior with toning throughout. No markings to text. Illustrated with seven full-page plates, and 339 in-text drawings. Two fold-out color maps present (Map of World, as Known about Second Century B.C., and Sketch Map of Ancient India...Showing Early Tribes, Their Sacred Places, etc. - tear to latter map), Appendix IV also present "Synoptical Table of Gods," etc. (also a fold-out); Includes separate, linen-backed folding chart, "A Student's Synchronological Chart of the Religions of the World" in matching slipcase. 4to. 11 1/2"h x 9 1/2"w. Rare in trade Early issue/printing set as volumes state Quaritch as publisher, no later dates mentioned beyond 1883 on title page. A publication that has been highly influential (doubted more by the scientific community, embraced by others such as Aleister Crowley) in understanding comparative religion from a sexual and initiation (perhaps esoteric) aspect.
Price: $2,500.00