This is a beautiful album with coloured illustrations and their explanations in cultures from around the world. The author doesn't pretend to cover all symbols or all their interpretations, but this book serves as a great introduction to the most common types of symbols from simple ones (colours, animals) to complex systems (Tarot, Chakras). As well, while there is a definite effort to have a global perspective, the author mostly concentrates on Europe, India and China.
I usually give away all my books, I will be keeping this one as it makes a lovely reference. ( )

Pocket sized, nicely illustrated in colour but otherwise, symbology for the lazy or superficial. Too small to be of any great value. ( )