A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ...
A 1774 London mythology treatise by Jacob Bryant, with plates engraved by James Basire and William Blake, aimed at scholars of ancient religion and history. The plates show Persian rock-cut temples and Mithraic reliefs, along with winged disc and serpent motifs drawn from ancient monuments. A designer might take the carved cliff facades, symmetrical temple fronts, and winged-disc emblems as source material for architectural or emblematic graphics.
