Description and condition: Blue cloth hardback, gilt titles, 8vo, x 256 8 pp. Good copy, bumping with minor fraying to spine ends and corners, foxing to fore edge, mild scattered foxing within, mostly good clean pages.
Contents: The Hibbert Lectures, 1884: Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru. Delivered at Oxford and London, in April and May 1884. Translated from the original French by Philip H. Wicksteed. Introduction: Central America and Mexico; their common bases of civilization and religion. The deities and myths of Mexico. The sacrifices, sacerdotal and monastic institutions, eschatology and cosmogony of Mexico. Peru: its civilization and constitution; the legend of the Incas; their policy and history. The fall of the Incas; Peruvian mythology; priesthood. Peruvian cultus and festivals; morals and the future life; conclusions. |
