Germanische Mythen, Forschungen
Berlin: Ferdinand Schneider, 1858. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxi, 759 (1)pp. Bound in three-quarter leather, with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, over marbled boards, original printed yellow wrappers bound in. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Dedicated to Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. The German research on myths is far from becoming an unmistakable method of science, and that despite the magnificent accomplishments of the Brothers Grimm. This book is dedicated to further this task offering experiments and laying the groundwork, however insufficient this attempt still may be. The source of Germanic as well as every other mythology is the oral tradition of the people. This extensive treatise on the subject by the German scholar, mythologist and folklorist Wilhelm Mannhardt is structured in two categories, the storm gods (Gewittergottheiten), and Holda and the Norns (Holda und die Nôrnen). Contains index at rear. Text in German. Library barcode and sticker on binding, library bookplates on inside front cover and front free endpaper, library index card and sticker on inside back cover. Library stamp on bottom edge. Marbled front free endpaper loose but present. Perforated library stamp on title page, inked stamp on verso, stamp and inked note on dedication page. Original bound-in wrappers dirtied and rubbed. Binding with wear along edges, chips at corners and top edge, some scuffing of front and back joint and raised bands, streaking scuffing on back cover leather. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition. fair to vg. Item #44613
Price: $450.00