A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its Connection with The Mystic Theology of The Ancients. A New Edition. To Which is Added and Essay on The Worship of the Generative Powers During the Middle Ages of Western Europe.

A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its Connection with The Mystic Theology of The Ancients. A New Edition. To Which is Added and Essay on The Worship of the Generative Powers During the Middle Ages of Western Europe.

Knight, Richard Payne (b.1751 – 1824) and Wright, Thomas (b. 1810 – 1877)

4to. (8.75" x 11.25") 1865. Knight, Richard Payne and Wright, Thomas. London. Privately Printed. Quarter black levant with tiny vellum tips over red boards. Spine with gilt title/author towards head with a single centered gilt grape leaf directly below. Fancy gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine chipped, affecting gilt, with small loss. Covers scraped, scuffed, with loss of color. Rear cover with 2" split at lower hinge, still secure. Spotting throughout, mostly to pages protecting images, some plates affected a well, the rest of the text appears practically unblemished. Not the prettiest book but filled with extraordinary images and information. From Wiki: Richard Payne Knight (b.1751 – 1824) was a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery. Knight's first book, A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus (1786), sought to recover the importance of ancient phallic cults. Thomas Wright (b. 1810 – 1877) was an English antiquarian and writer. He is chiefly remembered as an editor of medieval texts. George Witt (b. 1804-1869) was a medical doctor, banker and mayor known for his collection of erotic objects. organized for Richard Payne Knight's Discourse on the worship of Priapus and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients to be republished with additional material and illustrations in 1865. The same year, Witt approached the British Museum to enquire whether they would take his collection. The museum's director Anthony Panizzi agreed to take the objects even though they became a major part of a secret collection known as the museum's Secretum. Following the acceptance of his collection by the British Museum in 1865, Witt published "Catalogue of a Collection Illustrative of Phallic Worship" in 1866 to commemorate the approval of his artefacts by Panizzi.

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