Item #000014689 The Buddhist Praying Wheel; A Collection of Material Bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual. William Simpson.
The Buddhist Praying Wheel; A Collection of Material Bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual

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. [3], vi-viii, [3], 4-303, [1] pp. Maroon cloth with a wheel stamped in gold on the front board, gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with in-text illustrations. A study in comparative religion, analyzing the significance of the wheel shape in Tibetan Buddhism, pagan religions (Egyptians, Celts, the Greeks), Abrahamic religions, and in Zoroastrianism. Very Good. Item #000014689

Minor fraying to the spine's edges, a bookplate on the front pastedown. Light foxing to the textblock.

Price: $250.00

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