The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion.

Third edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. (22.5 x 14.5 cm). Publisher's original dark blue/green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Each volume with a separate half title and title page. Frontispiece after Turner to Vol.1. Old ownership inscription to flyleaf of Vol.1. Slight lean to some of the spines, generally an excellent set including the uncommon thirteenth volume. The Golden Bough was first published in two volumes in 1890, many editions followed and were continually enlarged in content. This Third revised and enlarged edition is generally accepted as the best edition and is one of the seminal building blocks in our understanding of mythology, religion, and anthropology, including magic, myths and rituals in the many different cultures of the world. The book is included in Printing and the Mind of Man (PMM), London 1967 - 'A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilisation'. Frazer, Sir George (1854-1931), social anthropologist, educated at Glasgow University and Trinity College Cambridge. …