Book Cover, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, by Jane Harrison, 1955

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Alvin Lustig. It is dated 1955 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithography in brown, black, tan and white ink on white shiny wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.7 x 30.5 cm (8 1/8 in. x 12 in.)

It is signed

Signed in printed brown ink, front cover lower right: lustig.

It is inscribed

Printed in white ink, front cover upper right: Prolegomena/to the study/Religion; lower left: MERIDIAN BOOKS. Printed in black ink, front cover upper right: Greek; center right: JANE HARRISON. Printed in brown ink, upper right: of; lower margin: published by the Noonday Press/Sewn-bound for durability MG 3 $1.95. Printed vertically in black ink, spine: PROLEGOMENA TO THE STUDY OF GREEK RELIGION; printed horizontally in black ink, spine lower margin: MG 3. Printed vertically in brown ink, spine: HARRISON. Printed vertically in white ink, spine: MERIDIAN BOOKS. Printed in white ink, back cover left center: Prolegomena/to the study of/Greek Religion. Printed in brown ink, back cover left center: by JANE HARRISON. Printed in black ink, back cover lower half: Until the publication of Jane Harrison’s monumental/Prolegomena, a whole phase of Greek religious life was/unknown to the modern world. By studying ancient arti-/facts and rituals, Miss Harrison was able to demonstrate/that, prior to the rise of the Olympian pantheon, darker/and more primitive cults had been the religion of Ancient/Greece. This established, it became possible to trace the/history of Greek religion in detail, from primitive rite to/Orphic mysteries. This modern interest in myth owes/much to this book, and its reissue at this time makes a/primary source available once again to student and/general reader./All Meridian Books are Smyth-Sewn for Durability.

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