Farnell’s Cults of the Greek States [SOLD]

Farnell, Lewis Richard. The Cults of the Greek States / Five volume set. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896 – 1909. First edition. Royal 8vo. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Many b&w plates. Vol. I shows pencilling, edgewear and a moisture stain to a few pages; Vol’s II-V appear unread (with many pages remaining uncut) through one shows a library stamp and two show spots of moisture soiling. Overall a very good set. Hardcover.
Bookseller’s label to front endpaper. “The main scope of the present work is not the question of origin, but a survey of the most important texts and monuments that express the actual religious conceptions of the various Greek communities at different historical epochs.” Farnell’s groundbreaking work, here in the first editions, was the first scholarly study to separate Greek religion from mythology. (#034446)        $400.00