Description: A marvel of scholarly & pictorial art--Detroit News This wonderful book is a revelation--Dame Edith Sitwell Here, in all their wonder & splendor, are the mythologies of humankind--from pre-biblical Egypt & pre-Homeric Greece to the furthest reaches of Africa, the Orient, the Pacific & the Americas--all gathered into one mammoth volume of unprecedented scope & beauty, & illustrated with an incomparable assemblage of authentic paintings, sculpture, symbols, idols, ritual & sacrificial objects, many rarely seen by modern Western eyes. This monumental work is the 1st complete encyclopedia of world mythology. Originally published in France by the famous house of Larousse, it contains of course all the well-loved myths of Classical Antiquity. But more than half the book is devoted to the strange & unfamiliar mythologies of civilizations other than our own--from Peru to Persia, from Tahiti to Togoland.This book is part of a large collection from the estate of an avid collector. This book has been carefully stored.
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Book Title: New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
Custom Bundle: No
Book Series: Larousse
Original Language: English
Item Length: 8.75 in
Vintage: Yes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 11.75 in
Features: Illustrated
Topic: Folklore & Mythology
Item Width: 3 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: The Hamlyn Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: Revised Edition
Publication Year: 1971
Type: Picture Book
Era: 1970s
Author: Robert Graves
Genre: Art & Culture, Folklore & Mythology, History, Social Science
Country/Region of Manufacture: Hong Kong
Item Weight: 4 lbs. 6 oz.
Number of Pages: 500
