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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Edwin W. Smith D.D.

African Symbolism

Published: THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, London, 1952

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The Henry Myers Lecture 1952, with references, 25 pages, hardcover, 210 x 27 0mm, condition: very good.

Henry Myers was a Fellow of The Royal Anthropological Institute and his lectures explored the role of religion in Society with a focus on man's mental and spiritual development. Prior Recipients include Claude Lévi-Strauss, Joseph Needham, Jean La Fontaine and Ian Hacking.


Edwin W.Smith was born of missionary parents of the Primitive Methodist Mission in South Africa. He was a Primitive Methodist missionary in Basutoland and in Northern Rhodesia among the Baila-Batonga. He was president of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1934) and served as editor of 'Africa', the journal of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures.

  • Overall Condition: very good
  • Size: 210 x 270mm


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