Richard Payne Knight

An Analytical Essay on the Greek Alphabet

Thomas Wright

Two Essays on the Worship of Priapus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Two Essays on the Worship of Priapus

An Inquiry

The Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythologie

A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and Its Connection with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients

An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste

The eminent art historian and textual critic Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) investigates the sexual symbolism present in the art of different cultures. The renowned 1818 comparative study provides a key to the mythology of the ancients, and fosters an understanding of the canons and principles of art.

An Inquiry Into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology

The Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology

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. [With Plates.]

Richard Payne Knight

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