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New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology / Introduction by Robert Graves [translated from the French by Richard Aldington & Delano Ames, & revised by a panel of editorial advisors from the Larousse mythologie generale edited by Felix Guirand].
TITLE:
New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology / Introduction by Robert Graves [translated from the French by Richard Aldington & Delano Ames, & revised by a panel of editorial advisors from the Larousse mythologie generale edited by Felix Guirand].
Former Title:
Larousse encyclopedia of mytholog
Publication Date:
1968, 1959
Publication Information:
[S.I.] ; Prometheus Press,
Edition:
New ed.
Physical Description:
xi, 500 p. [32] p. of plates : col. ill.
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Summary:
Here, in all their wonder and splendor, are the Mythologies of Mankind.. from pre-biblical Egypt and pre-Homeric Greece to the farthest researches of Africa, the Orient, the Pacific and the Americas.. all gathered into one mammoth volume of unprecedented scope and beauty, and illustrated with an incomparable scope and beauty, and illustrated with an incomparable assemblage of authentic paintings, sculpture, symbols, idols, ritual and sacrificial objects, many rarely seen by modern Western eyes.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780600023517

9780600024200
General Note:
First ed. published in 1959 under title: Larousse encyclopedia of mythology.