first edition Hard Cover
1844 · London / Edinburgh
by Muller, C.O. [Karl Otfried]; Leitch, John
London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First English translation of the work first published in German in 1825. Rebound in navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Hinges just beginning to loosen, owner bookplate and ink stamp on front endpapers, ink stamp repeated on title page and first text page, pencil note commenting on the text on verso of front flyleaf. 1844 Hard Cover. xii, 353 pp., 32-page published catalog bound in following text. 8vo. Muller pioneered the modern study of Greek mythology, and here provides a method by which others can categorize and analyze historical myths, while also offering commentary on other scholarly works on the topic, and placing such authors as Homer and Hesiod in context with this system. (Inventory #: 2305161)