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A discourse on the worship of Priapus, and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients

Also known as A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its Connection With the Mystic Theology of the Ancients, by Richard Payne Knight, Esq. (A New Edition); To Which is Added an Essay on the Worship of the Generative Powers During the Middle Ages of Western Europe; Two Essays on the Worship of Priapus

by Richard Payne Knight & Thomas Wright

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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xvi, 254 p., 40 leaves of plates : 22 cm Half title: Two essays on the worship of Priapus "125 copies only, of which 6 on large paper."--H. S. Ashbee. Index librorum prohibitorum, 1877, p. 6 The 1st essay is reprinted with the other matter with which it was published in 1786 under title: An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... in two letters, one from Sir William Hamilton ... and the other from a person residing at Isernia; to which is added, A discourse on the worship of Priapus .. The 2d essay was written by Thomas Wright, assisted by J. E. Tennent and George Witt. Cf. Ashbee, p. 9. It is entitled: On the worship of the generative powers during the Middle Ages of werstern Europe

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics.

  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

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reprinted with a new preface, 1894

1894[Privately Printed; London : [Privately PrintedEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BL460 .K6 1894
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: reprinted with a new preface, 1894
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