The Buddhist Praying Wheel; A Collection of Material Bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual

Simpson, William

Published by Macmillan and Co., LTD, London, 1896

About this Item

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

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Buddhist Praying Wheel; A Collection of Material Bearing upon the Symbolism of the Wheel and Circular Movements in Custom and Religious Ritual
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co., LTD, London
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • History
  • Philosophy