Folk-Lore in the Old Testament; Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law, Sir James George Frazer, 3 Vols complete, 1919

A major scholarly work by Sir James George Frazer, expanding the comparative method that made The Golden Bough famous and applying it to the narratives, customs, and legal traditions of the Old Testament. Across three substantial volumes, Frazer examines biblical material alongside parallels from ancient Near Eastern, classical, and global folk traditions, exploring themes of ritual, myth, taboo, and social law. First issued during the final years of the First World War, Folk-Lore in the Old Testament represents one of Frazer’s most ambitious later studies and remains an influential early twentieth-century contribution to comparative religion and anthropology. Complete sets are increasingly uncommon and continue to be sought after as foundational reference works in the history of religious and folkloric scholarship.

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Folk-Lore in the Old Testament; Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law, by Sir James George Frazer, In Three Volumes, complete. 

Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1919. First edition, second impression (first printed the previous year inn 1918).

A good set of dark cloth hardbacks blind stamped titles to spine (gilt is largely rubbed away). Spines are sunned to brown colour, with some light markings. With mild wear and bumping, and some give in the spines. Endpapers all still intact at inner hinges and binding is secure. Some light spotting to endpapers. Vol II with some nicks to cloth at head of spine.

Text is generally bright and clear with age toning to text block edges.