A New System or, and Analysis of Antient Mythology. Vol. IV of VI

Bryant, Jacob. A New System or, and Analysis of Antient Mythology. Vol. IV of VI. London: J. Walker, 1807. Third edition. Octavo. 473pp., 3 folding maps. Original calf with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on labels of spine. An attempt to divest tradition of fable and to reduce the truth to its original purity. Volume IV covering “Antient Mythology,” “The Titanian War,” “Scythae, Scythia, Scythismus, and Hellenismus,” “Of the Golden Age, or Age of the Cuthim,” and “Egypt and its First Inhabitants.” Folding maps of some of the first inhabited provinces, e.g. Arphaxad, the larger Middle East, and a third with Gaza and the territories East to Pharos. Text in English with some Greek and little Hebrew. Binding with wear along edges, scuffed with some abrasions. Leather split at joints of spine with front cover detached though present. Some foxing on endpapers and folding maps with creasing. Binding in overall poor, interior in good+ condition.0 poor to good+. Hardcover. (38342) $75