Croyances, Rites, Institutions. Tome I... Hierographie [Tome II... Hierologie; Tome III... Hierosophie]
Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2). 3 volumes (complete). xx, 386, (2); (4), 412; (4), 386, (4)pp. Index. Original marbled paper covered boards (rubbed), rebacked with black binders tape, with hand lettered titles in white on spines. Vol. I illustrated with 58 woodcut text figures, other volumes not illustrated. Blank endpapers browned & brittle (but of no real consequence to the overall condition of the set). Front endpapers with library bookplates ("withdrawn"). "Theology Library" rubber stamps at top & bottom of text blocks. Yellow library catalog labels at foot of spines. Text in French.
Eugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella (10 August 1846 – 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Through essays on beliefs, rites and institutions, this work is the author's recollection of 35 years of persistent devotion to anthropological and sociological studies. good - to very good condition. Item #50563
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