NMLP P-045791 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion

James George Frazer · Macmillan and Co. (London) · 1890

UK first: Macmillan, London, 1890, in two volumes. This is a strong "first thus" trap — the three-volume second edition (1900) changed the subtitle to "A Study in Magic and Religion," the monumental twelve-volume third edition (1906–15) is the completed work and is separately collected, and the ubiquitous one-volume abridgement (1922) is neither. Presence of "Comparative Religion" in the subtitle and only two volumes distinguishes the genuine 1890 first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045791 for "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion" by James George Frazer (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045791, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).