The Buddhist Praying-Wheel: A Collection of Material Bearing Upon The Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good. Item #002406
viii, 303 p.p. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind stamped wheel to front board. Sunning to spine, some wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. A few scuffs to boards. Some pencil notations to endpapers and throughout. Foxing to edges, but text interior clean except for a few notations. B&W illustrations incl. frontis. with tissue guard. Ownership stamp to pastedown, from the Library of Edward L. Margetts, Dept. of Psychiatry of the University of British Columbia. Contents include observations on the Wheel among the lamas; in Indian Buddhism; in the Brahmanic system; Solar Origin; the swastika; the Zoroastrian system; in Japan; in Egypt; among the Semites; Greek; Christian; Gauls etc; the Wheel of Fortune; the Wheel as an amulet; God of the Wheel ; the Wheel and thunder; with summary, additional notes, index and index to book references.
Price: $250.00