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An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, Lately Existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples: in Two letters...To Which is Added, A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, And Its Connexion with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients

1786
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  • Title: An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, Lately Existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples: in Two letters...To Which is Added, A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, And Its Connexion with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients
  • Author: Richard Payne Knight (British, Wormsley, Herefordshire 1750–1824 London)
  • Illustrator: James Newton (British, London 1748–ca. 1804)
  • Printer: T. Spilsbury (London)
  • Publisher: The Society of Dilettanti (London)
  • Date: 1786
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching, engraving, stipple
  • Dimensions: 10 11/16 x 8 7/8 x 15/16 in. (27.1 x 22.5 x 2.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.505
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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