A Dictionary of Symbols - J E Cirlot. Hardcover w dj. 2nd Ed. 7th Pr. 1982

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"The language of symbols is considered a science, and this informative volume offers an indispensable tool in the study of symbology. It can be used as a reference or simply browsed for pleasure. Many of its entries those on architecture, mandala, numbers, serpent, water, and zodiac, for example can be read as independent essays. The vitality of symbology has never been greater: An essential part of the ancient arts of the Orient and of the Western medieval traditions, symbolism underwent a 20th-century revival with the study of the unconscious, both directly in the field of dreams, visions, and psychoanalysis, and indirectly in art and poetry. A wide audience awaits the assistance of this dictionary in elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas."

Copy in good condition. Text block edges lightly soiled and prelims lightly foxed. Partly covered inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket has edge wear (with some repairs to inside) and light foxing, but appears neat.  The latter is protected by a removable, clear, cellophane cover. Contents clean and binding secure with a very slight lean to the spine. Illustrated throughout.

Publisher: Philosophical Library

Edition: 2nd; 7th Impression 1982

Language: Englsh (translated from the Spanish Diccionario de Simbolos Tradicionales by Jack Sage)

Pages: 419

Dimensions (LxWxT): 215 x 150 x 50 mm