Atlantis The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly A Modern Revised Edition Edited by Egerton Sykes

Publication:1949 Gramercy Publishing Company

Donnell’s Atlantis was originallypublished in 1882. Its success was immediate and world-wide and it still stands as the cornerstone on which all modern study of the ‘lost continent’ depends. Thisdefinitive edition of Donnell’s classic has been edited by Egerton Sykes , an outstanding Atlantean scholar. It takes into account new facts which have come to light since Donnelly’s day and verifies many of the authors numerous references. It also contains appreciations by Lewis Spence, H.S. Bellamy and a short note by Paul Le Cour. [1949]

Condition: Publishers blue cloth boards, title to spine, dust jacket with minor wear along spine edges now protected in mylar, binding firm, a nice clean copy in Very Good condition

Atlantis – The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

Publication: 1882 copyright by Harper & Brothers (No exact print date but 1880s is certain)

Early printing of the first and considered the most important modern book onthe myth of Atlantis as first expounded by Plato.

Donnelly considered Platos account of Atlantis as largely factual and attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this lost land.

“Many of the theories from this book are the source of many modern-day concepts about Atlantis, including these: the civilization and technology beyond its time, the origins of all present races and civilizations, and a civil war between good and evil. Much of Donnellys scholarship, especially with regard to Atlantis as an explanation for similarities between ancient civilizations of the Old and New Worlds, was inspired by the publications of Charles tienne Brasseur de Bourbourg and the fieldwork of Augustus Le Plongeon in the Yucatan. It was avidly supported by publications of Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society as well as by Rudolf Steiner. Donnellys work on Atlantis inspired books by James Churchward on the lost continent of Mu, also known as Lemuria. “

Condition: Publishers green cloth boards with Gile title to spine with concentric circle symbol, device of Zeus upon a chariot to front board, corners bumped with some shelf ware to edges, spine edges turned in, slight and even foxing to pages which remain clean of any markings, binding tight, overall Very Good condition.