Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii + 208pp + 6pp adverts. Original dark red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. A serious study of astrology in the ancient world (despite the title it is not limited solely to Greece and Rome) drawn from a series of six lectures by the author as part of the "American Lectures on the History of Religions. Series of 1911-1912." The author, Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont (1868 – 1947) was a distinguished Belgian linguist, archaeologist and historian, who specialised in the the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Greek astrology and Mithraism. Cloth lightly rubbed and darkened, spine ends and corners lightly bumped and chafed, page edges darkened, slight foxing to fore-edge and endpapers, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #61303
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