Author: CRAWFORD, O G S
Title: The Eye of the Goddess
Description: London, Phoenix House. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. British archaeologist. He puts forward the case that abstract designs featured in prehistoric rock art were representations of eyes, and that they provided evidence for a religion devoted to a mother goddess which had existed across the Old World from the Palaeolithic through to the period of Christianisation. CONDITION Navy bds, 168 pages with 48 photo plates and 46 illus through text. Original article reviewing book laid in, slight insect speckling to bottom edge, name inside front o/w bight and crisp interior. DJ has some loss and tears. OVERWEIGHT. Good/Good.

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