Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols

An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols  by J. C. Cooper – March 17, 1987

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. He explains the meanings associated with objects, plants, animals, myths, religious symbols, and images in art