Comparetti: Vergil in the Middle Ages

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Vergil in the Middle Ages by Domenico Comparetti (1895)

• GoogleBooks - GoogleBooks PDF
• GoogleBookstore

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This is an English translation of the brilliant book by Domenico Comparetti which provides a detailed and wide-ranging introduction to the "Seven Sages" tradition along with the many other legends of Vergil in the Middle Ages. To get a sense of the range covered by this book, take a quick look at the table of contents. This is one of those books that rocked my world when I first read it in graduate school; I am so glad it is now available to everyone! Anyone with an interest in the Vergil of antiquity should really read this book.



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Frazer: The Golden Bough

Here is my attempt to collect all the different editions and volumes of Frazer's Golden Bough at GoogleBooks. I've come up short two volumes from the third edition - has anyone had any luck in finding these scanned at GoogleBooks?

First edition, 2 vols., 1890:
Volume 1 - Volume 2

Second edition, 3 vols., 1900:
Volume 1 - Volume 2 - Volume 3

Third edition, 12 vols., 1906-15.

• 1: The Magic Art & the Evolution of Kings (1)
  
• 2: The Magic Art & the Evolution of Kings (2)
• 3: Taboo and the Perils of the Soul
• 4: The Dying God
• 5: Adonis, Attis, Osiris (Part 1)
• 6: Adonis, Attis, Osiris (Part 2)
• 7: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild (Part 1)
• 8: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild (Part 2)
• 9: The Scapegoat
• 10: Balder the Beautiful (Part 1)
  
• 11: Balder the Beautiful (Part 2)
• 12: Bibliography and General Index

Alternate sources for the missing books:
Internet Archive - 1: The Magic Art & the Evolution of Kings (1)
Project Gutenberg - 10: Balder the Beautiful (Part 1)


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de Gubernatis: Zoological Mythology

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Zoological Mythology, or The Legends of Animals, by Angelo de Gubernatis, Volume 1-2, 1872.

• GoogleBooks - Volume 1 - Volume 2
• GoogleBooks PDF - Volume 1 - Volume 2
• GoogleBookstore - Volume 1 - Volume 2

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GoogleBooks has versions of de Gubernatis' wonderful book in French and in German and ... fortunately for us English-speakers! ... in English also. Both volumes are available! Note that the volumes are mislabeled at GoogleBooks; Volume 1 is not marked as being part of a multi-volume edition, and Volume 2 is unfortunately mislabeled as Volume 1. Does anyone know of the best way to report such problems? There is a "Feedback" feature at GoogleBooks which is great for reporting missing pages or bad page scans, but I'm not sure how to report a book that is mislabeled like this.


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Bochart: Hierozoicon

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Hierozoicon, sive De Animalibus Sacrae Scripturae, by Samuel Bochart, Volume 1, 1793; Volume 2, 1794.

• GoogleBooks: Volume 1 - Volume 2
• GoogleBooks PDF: Volume 1 - Volume 2
• GoogleBookstore: Volume 1 - Volume 2

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For the longest time, only one volume of Bochart's magnum opus was available at GoogleBooks, but now you can find both volumes of the Hierozoicon. The book is in Latin, with abundant citations of Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Bochart represents a breadth of scholarship that is only very rarely found nowadays; find out more in this Wikipedia article about him. Systematically, he works his way through all the living creatures mentioned in the Bible, with abundant information and extraordinary detail about each and every one. This was one of the books I always coveted in the History of Science Collections at the University of Oklahoma - and now I have my very own copies in PDF form!


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