A Dictionary of Symbols.

Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant.

ISBN 10: 0631192654 / ISBN 13: 9780631192657

Edité par Blackwell Publishers (Oxford)., 1994

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A Dictionary of Symbols. Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant.
First published in French in 1969 by Editions Robert Laffont (Paris).

This copy:
English translation published in 1994 by Blackwell Publishers (Oxford). Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. Original blue cloth with silver spine title, in publisher's grey-white dust jacket, ix + 1174 pages.

Binding: Hardcover.
Size: 24.0 x 16.0 cm.
Weight: 2.2 kg.
Language: English.

Condition:
Jacket: Fair - noticeable stains and soiling on front; some foxing and discoloration visible; noticeable foxing and age toning also prominent on inner side of jacket.
Body: Good - average condition with general signs of age.
Binding: Good - slightly loosened; minor inner hinge strain.
Edges: Good - some foxing and light age toning.
Pages: Good - light age toning throughout.Slight but noticeable stains and wear on the front endpaper.
Text: Good - age consistent.
Others: Typical faint musty odor of an older book.

Description:
An extensive and influential reference work on the meanings of symbols across history, culture, and religion. Originally compiled in French by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant, this monumental dictionary spans mythology, psychology, anthropology, and the arts, explaining the universal language of symbols in a richly comparative and cross-cultural context. Translated into English by John Buchanan-Brown and published by Blackwell in 1994, this edition runs to over 1,100 pages and remains one of the most comprehensive works in modern symbolic studies.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Dictionary of Symbols.
• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers (Oxford).
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0631192654
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780631192657
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Satisfaisant
• État de la jaquette: Moyen
• Poids: 2,2 kilogrammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Western Art
  • Occult Studies and Esoterica
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

This is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn from a variety of scholarly backgrounds, from anthropology and ethnology to psychotherapy and art history. This diversity of approach is responsible for the book's character, a reflection of the multiplicity of symbols and signs and the phenomenal range of possible interpretations they offer. The book draws together folklore, literary and artistic sources, and focuses on the symbolic dimension of every colour, number, sound, gesture, expression or character trait that has benefitted from symbolic interpretation. The conscious and unconscious minds are explored, desire and dreams are treated alongside the known and the chronicled. Its 1600 entries are indexed to a comprehensive bibliography.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a remarkable dictionary, exploring the vast and various symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the very heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. Compiled by an international team of experts, each entry is given its complete range of interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, cultural and religious - to bring meaning and insight to the symbol.