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Title: Symbols, Signs and Signets by Ernst Lehner ISBN: 0-486-22241-1 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Collection of Symbols
Comment: Dover Publications scores yet again! This book hits a home run with bases loaded for many reasons.
First, it is jam-packed with thousands of symbols, signs, marks, inscriptions and engravings. All are in black and white, and all are excellent quality.
Second, the book presents a fascinating range of symbols, organized by subject, including: Symbolic Gods and Dieties (included are Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek/Roman, Nordic and Aztec Gods), Astronomy and Astrology, Alchemy, Magic, Church and Religion, Heraldry, Japanese Crests, Cattle Brands, and a large section containing some of the distinctive marks of the medieval european craftsman/guild marks and signets.
Third, this is a surprisingly useful reference. For writers, historian, artists, and the incurably curious, here is a book that sets out, for example, all of the alchemical signs for the materials (gold, silver, etc) and alchemical processes, a host of Catholic and other ancient christian religious symbols, nice engravings of all the important Egyptian gods, etc etc.
Highly Recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: A thorough collection of symbols, signs, and signets...
Comment: This book has over 200 pages of various symbols, ranging from simple drawings to intricate designs. They are arranged in historical order, begin with various gods and end with hobo signs. Each chapter is preceded with a list of references (the signs are identified by number) and the symbols included are grouped like so:
Symbolic Gods & Deities; Astronomy & Astrology; Alchemy; Magic & Mystic; Church Religion; Heraldry; Monsters & Imaginary Figures; Japanese Crests; Marks & Signets; Watermarks; Printers Marks; Cattle Brands; and Hobo Signs.
There are over 1350 illustrations contained in this book, and all are crisply printed in black and white. Each section has a short blurb in front of it, but not an extensive history. This book would appeal to history lovers, graphic designers, and other symbol geeks. And for the price, it's worth buying.
Rating: 4
Summary: No one-day checkout for me!
Comment: The books in the Dover Pictorial Archive series offer aninsurmountable number of clean black-and-white plates, usuallyfollowed by a caption detailing the original materials where the plates originated. Unfortunately, Symbols, Signs, and Signets doesn't have captions at the bottom of the page, instead making do with an page-by-page index at the beginning of each section. Otherwise, this volume includes symbols from quite literary all over - astrology, alchemy, religion, signatures, cattle marks, and many others. The book is excellent for hatching new interests, probably because most of the intriguing images have uninspired captions. A worthwhile purchase, if you are interested in this sort of thing. Quite cheap, too. END
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Title: 1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth by Rowena Shepherd, Rupert Shepherd ISBN: 0500283516 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols by J. C. Cooper ISBN: 0500271259 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Secret Language of Symbols: A Visual Key to Symbols and Their Meanings by David Fontana ISBN: 0811804623 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dictionary of Symbols (Norton Paperback) by Carl G. Liungman, Carl G. Luingman ISBN: 0393312364 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Them by Hans Biedermann, Hames Hulbert, James Hulbert ISBN: 0452011183 Publisher: Meridian Books Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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