1 / 2
Description
[DOCUMENTATION]
RICHEPIN (edited by Jean):
The New Illustrated Mythology. 2 volumes
Illustrated Asian Mythology. 1 volume
Paris. Librairie de France, Paris, 1920.
3 volumes in the publisher’s chagrin binding, small folio.
- The New Illustrated Mythology:
Volume I: XV, 389 uncut pages. Numerous engravings and drawings within the text and 49 plates. Introduction. The Successive Dynasties of the Greek Gods. Zeus. Hera. Athena. Apollo. Artemis. Hermes. Ares. Aphrodite. The deities of Fire. Deities of the Sea and Waters. Hades and the underworld deities. Dionysus.
Volume II: 408 pages. Numerous engravings and drawings within the text, and plates at the end of the volume. The deities of the Earth. The minor deities. The procession of the Olympians. The deities of the Stars. The Heroes. Heracles. The Heroes of Attica. The Theban Heroes. The Heroes of Aetolia and Thessaly. The Corinthian Heroes. Sisyphus. Bellerophon. The Heroes of the Peloponnese. The Legends of Crete. Minos. Rhadamanthus. Daedalus. Legendary Figures of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Adaptation of the principal Greek deities to Roman mythology.
- Illustrated Asian Mythology: X, 432 pages. Numerous en-text engravings and numerous black-and-white and colour plates. Mythology of Persia, the Kafirs, Buddhism in India, Brahmanism, Lamaism, Indochinese and Javanese mythology, Buddhism in Central Asia, modern China and Japan
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
ID: 89135267
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like