Sexual Symbolism. A history of phallic worship. Introduction by Ashley Montagu. 2 Vols. in 1 Vol. New York, The Julian Press Inc. [1957]. Gr.-8°. 1 Bl., 217 S. with 23 plates in the text; [S.5]-196 with 16 [right: 15] plates in the text. OLwd.
Includes two complete voumes: 1. A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its connection with the mystic theology of the anciens. By Richard Payne 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. (1786). 2. The worship of the generative powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe. By Thomas Wright. (1866). - Zur 1. Ausgabe von 1786 und zur 2. erweiterten Ausgabe von 1865 vgl. Goodland S.328 und Ashbee I, S.3ff. - Einband teilweise etwas ausgeblichen und minimal fleckig, Vorsatz gestempelt, mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk und mit schwachen Radierspuren.
Schlagworte:
Eros
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Symbolik
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Vergleichende Religionswissenschaften
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Mythologie
