Earliest Intellectual Man's Idea of the Cosmos

1957. Presumed first edition. xx, 122pp. and 12 black and white illustrations. Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer (1880-1969) was an Episcopalian minister who became Canada’s foremost Egyptologist during a lengthy career at the University of Toronto. He was also a distinguished orientalist and authority on Egyptian hieroglyphics. In this book he considers ancient perspectives on the origins of the universe, and examines various texts that reflect early intellectual thought regarding cosmology and cosmogony, shedding light on how ancient civilizations understood the cosmos. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and slight fading to the spine. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription.