Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang (1st Edition)

Author: Lang, Andrew 
Title: Magic and Religion 
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co. 
Date: 1901 
Place: London 
Dimensions: 8vo. 23.5cm x 16.5cm 

x+316pp+32pp(pub ads)
1st edition.

Dark blue cloth boards, gilt device to top board, gilt devices and titles to spine. Fore and lower edge rough cut. Remnants of library slip to front paste down, no other library markings. A very good copy.

A work which deals with the early origins of religion and one in which Lang contests the leading theories of Frazer and Tylor. With an essay on South African religion.