New Delhi: (P. K. Goel), 1990.
Price: $600.00
Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Quartos. Illustrated. Fine in fine dustwrappers. "This book is a study of the stellar and temporal symbolism of traditional buildings. It is a comprehensive work and spans from the generalities of symbolism to time in general, to the temporal symbolism in Indian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Christian, Chinese, Islamic, North American Indian, and Meso American architectures. Forty-three chapters and 622 pages deal with platonic doctrine of symbolism, form in the mind of God, the doctrine of correspondences, the nature of symbols, time and eternity astronomical and temporal symbolism, astronomical and temporal symbolism in architecture, lunar and solar symbolism in the Hindu temple, stellar symbolism, and much more" - from the jacket copy. Scarce and in particularly nice condition.
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