The week

A$65 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

/ by H.K. Rusden . [Melbourne] : Royal Society of Victoria, 1874. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stitched, 17 pp; illustrated with leaves of plates; a very good copy. Ferguson, 15241. Transcript of a lecture read before the Royal Society of Victoria on 21 December 1874. Rusden s investigation into the nature of our temporal cycle, the week, is a comparative study of Christian, Jewish, Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian and Chinese interpretations of the lunar calendar. Copies are recorded in four Australian collections (State Library of Victoria; National Library of Australia; Monash University Library; Libraries Tasmania)

• Binding: Hardcover

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