One of my strangest hobbies is collecting books on signs and symbols. There is a shitload of them in my bedroom but the following tend to lie at my bedside:
The Book of Signs, Rodolf Koch, 1955
Dictionnaire de Mythologie et de Symbolique Egyptienne, Robert-Jacques Thibaud, 1996
Tecken, märken och symboler, John Foley, 1995
I have this in Swedish but the original is called "The Guinness Encyclopedia of Signs and Symbols", 1993. A comprehensive encyclopedia that covers everything, even brands. The reproduction of symbols is top-notch, excellent for tattooing, for example. If you only want an overview of this strange world, get this.
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