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Symbols around us

Title
Symbols around us / Sven Tito Achen.
Author
Achen, Sven Tito.
Publication
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978.

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Description
240 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Discusses the complex history of symbols, their traditional use in almost every aspect of our lives and their meanings through history and across cultures.
Uniform Title
Symboler omkring os. English
Alternative Title
Symboler omkring os.
Subject
  • Symbolism
  • Signs and symbols
  • Symbolism
  • symbols
  • symbolism (artistic concept)
Note
  • Translation of Symboler omkring os.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Contents
What is a symbol? -- Celestial bodies -- The vegetable kingdom -- The animal kingdom -- Fabulous animals -- Man -- Tools and weapons -- Household objects -- Receptacles -- Commerce -- Figures -- Numbers.
ISBN
  • 0442202512
  • 9780442202514
  • 0442282613
  • 9780442282615
LCCN
77017356
OCLC
  • ocm03433389
  • 3433389
  • SCSB-173174
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library