Richard Payne Knight Knihy

1786 and 1866. A history of phallic worship, including two complete volumes. Includes original plates. A discourse on the worship of priapus and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients by R.P. Knight, to which is added an account of the remains of the worship of priapus lately existing at Isernia in the Kingdom of Naples by Sir William Hamilton; The worship of the generative powers during the middle ages of western Europe by Thomas Wright, with plates.

Specimens of Antient Sculpture is a stunning collection of illustrations and commentary on the art of ancient civilizations. Featuring works from Egypt, Etruria, Greece, and Rome, and accompanied by essays from Richard Payne Knight and the Society of Dilettanti, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of art and culture.

Excerpt from A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus: And Its Connection With the Mystic Theology of the Ancients Perhaps no Englifhman of modern times, or of any time, has intelligently treated (0 many different departments of literary refearch: Archaeology, Art, Bibliography, Chrillianity, Cufioms, Heraldry, Literary Hillary, Philology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.