Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.See PMM 374.īooks generally fine, corner dampstaining to rear boards of Volume II scarce original dust jackets in excellent condition, with expert restoration to Volumes I and II only, a few volumes with stains on rear panels.
The 12th volume (Part VIII) contains an extensive bibliography and general index. The third edition was originally issued in London, beginning in 1911 and extending to 1936 (the date of the 13th supplemental volume). First published in 1890 in two volumes a second edition appeared in 1900 in three volumes. Its discussion of fertility rites, the sacrificial killing of kings, the dying god, the scapegoat, etc., and its analysis of the primitive mind, caught the literary imagination, and its influence may perhaps be seen most lastingly in the works of D.H. Third and best edition, later issue, of Frazer’s landmark anthropological study of magic and religion, greatly enlarged and expanded to 13 volumes.īegun by Frazer simply "to explain the strange rule of the priesthood or sacred kingship of Nemi and with it the legend of the Golden Bough, immortalized by Virgil," The Golden Bough grew over the years into "a vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, offering the thesis that man progresses from magical through religious to scientific thought. Octavo, original dark green cloth, original dust jackets. The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion. “FAR-SPREADING FIELDS OF PRIMITIVE THOUGHT WHICH HAD BEEN BUT LITTLE EXPLORED”: THE GOLDEN BOUGH, FRAZER’S CLASSIC STUDY OF MAGIC AND RELIGION, 13-VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH AND SCARCE DUST JACKETSįRAZER, James George.