THE VENUS OF MILO: An Archeological Study of the Goddess of Womanhood


By: Carus, Paul

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Chicago/London: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1916.. 1916.. Good. - 8vo, brown paper covered boards (bumped; extremities faded; rear board soiled & rubbed) titled in maroon with oval sepia photographic illustraiton of Venus of Milo mounted on front cover. vii & 182 pp. (endpapers darkened with owner's name penciled on front endpaper; contemporary newspaper cutting [review of book] stapled to verso of frontispiece with offsetting to front endpaper; small hole in & offsetting to title). B&W frontispiece & profuse full-page & textual B&W illustrations. Good.

First edition. Paul Carus [1852-1919], philosopher and monist, author of this treatise on the cult of Aphrodite, was the founder of the Open Court Publishing Company. First Edition.

Title: THE VENUS OF MILO: An Archeological Study of the Goddess of Womanhood

Author Name: Carus, Paul

Location Published: Chicago/London: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1916.: 1916.

Book Condition: Good

Categories: Anthropology

Seller ID: 389

Keywords: anthropology, aphrodite, archeology, cult, goddess, metaphysics., women