1899 1st Edtn With Provenance THE GREAT LAW By William Williamson Good Esoteric

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1899 1st Edition 1st PrintingWith Provenance

THE GREAT LAW
A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying Them
By William Williamson

Author Bio: W. Williamson the author is the theosophist William Scott-Elliot, who used “W. Williamson” as a pen-name; the book was discussed in The Theosophical Review and is cited by Leadbeater and Besant.

Provenance: From the library of the Mills family, Barons Hillingdon (bankers; Glyn, Mills & Co.): engraved armorial bookplate with the motto “Nil Conscire Sibi” to front pastedown; the cloth front board blocked in gilt with the family’s crowned monogram/cypher. Private library copies from Hillingdon occasionally surface; the gilt cypher on the binding is a nice additional touch.

Synopsis: First edition of a wide-ranging comparative study arguing that the major religious traditions preserve fragments of a single underlying “Great Law.” Williamson mines ritual and myth from Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Greece and Christianity to trace recurring structures—trinities, dying-and-rising figures, sacramental blood-covenants, ark and flood symbolism—and attempts a unifying interpretation. Very much of the fin-de-siècle comparative-religion / theosophical moment and cited in later occult and esoteric bibliographies.

Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English

Published By: Longmans, Green & Co, London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Williamson, W. (pseud. William Scott-Elliot) 1899 The Great Law, a Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying Them. London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co. Publisher's blue cloth, boards soiled & scuffed, extremities rather bumped as are the head and tail of the spine, edges uncut, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, occ. spot internally. A scarce late Victorian examination of the histories of global religions, written by Scott-Elliot, a prominent member of the London Lodge Theosophical Society & known for his writings on Atlantis. It is believed that Charles W. Leadbeater also contributed to the work. 8vo. Collation: pp. 431 Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SKU: BTETM0002618

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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1899 1st Edition 1st PrintingWith Provenance

THE GREAT LAW
A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying Them
By William Williamson

Published By: Longmans, Green & Co, London

SKU: BTETM0002618

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

Good - Williamson, W. (pseud. William Scott-Elliot) 1899 The Great Law, a Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying Them. London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co. Publisher's blue cloth, boards soiled & scuffed, extremities rather bumped as are the head and tail of the spine, edges uncut, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, occ. spot internally. A scarce late Victorian examination of the histories of global religions, written by Scott-Elliot, a prominent member of the London Lodge Theosophical Society & known for his writings on Atlantis. It is believed that Charles W. Leadbeater also contributed to the work. 8vo. Please see photos as part of condition report

1899 1st Edtn With Provenance THE GREAT LAW By William Williamson Good Esoteric

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