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Knight, Richard Payne - A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, Privately Printed, 1865
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A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus and its Connection with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients ... To which is added an Essay on the worship of the generative powers during the middle ages of western Europe Richard Payne Knight, ESQ. Privately Printed (New Edition with addition) 1865 Poor condition, front cover board separated from spine. Damage to spine leather, cover-boards worn at edges and corners. Chipping, browning, foxing and binding damage etc.
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