THE VEIL OF ISIS; OR, MYSTERIES OF THE DRUIDS
Book Details + Condition: Peter Eckler Publishing Co. (New York). Scarce First Edition, 1917. Hardcover. 253 pages. A significant contribution to Celtic history, author W. Winwood Reade reconstructs the great history, myths, and theology of the ancient Druids and illuminates the early religions that spawned them. Contents include: Aborigines; The Druids; The Derwydd, or Philosophers; Rites and Ceremonies; Vestiges of Druidism; In the Ceremonies of the Church of Rome; In the Emblems of Freemasonary; In Rustic Folk-Lore; and more. Interior hinges cracked but binding remains solid and firm; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with some warping to rear board; stamps to inside front & rear boards; old faded water stain to many page edges and corners.
