BLAVATSKY-see post under MYSTERIES. 17672 BRÉAL (Mich.) Hercule et Cacus, étude de mythologie comparée, 8vo. sd. 3s 6d Paris, 1863 17673 BOWLES (W. C.) Hermes Britannicus, dissertation on the Celtic deity Teutates, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d 1828 1872 1876 17674 BURNOUF (Emile) la Science des Religions, 8vo. sd. 6s 17674*nouvelle édition, 12mo, hf. morocco, gilt top, 78 6d 17675 CHAVÉE (H.) la Science des Religions, 12mo. sd. 1s 6d 17676 CONWAY (Moncure D.) Sacred Anthology, or book of Ethnical Scriptures, 8vo. (pub. 12s), cloth, 78 1872 1874 A collection of random sayings from the writers of all ages put together by a scholar whose knowledge looks universal. 17677 Cox (Sir George W.) the Mythology of the Aryan Nations, 2 vols. 8vo. (pub. 28s), cloth, 20s 1878 17677*Cox (Sir George W.) Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore, square sm. 8vo. cloth, 5s 6d 1881 17678 CREUZER (Frédéric) Religions de l'Antiquité, considérées dans leurs formes symboliques et mythologiques, ouvrage traduit refondu, complété et développé par J. D. Guigniaut, 10 vols. 8vo. 260 plates, half calf, £12. Paris, 1825-41 17679 DABISTAN (The) or School of Manners, from the Persian (of MUHSAN FANI), with notes by D. Shea and A. Troyer, 3 vols. 8vo. bds. £2. Paris, 1843 A valuable work on the nature and doctrines of many religions, compiled in the seventeenth century from sources of which many have perished. 17680 DEANE (J. B.) Worship of the Serpent traced throughout the World, 8vo. second edition, 4 plates, bds. scarce, £2. 1833 He proves the former universality of snake-worship, and identifies that divinity with the very individual Serpent who discoursed with Eve in Eden. The name of Abury is derived from two Hebrew words meaning the Python of the Sun,-from which we may infer that the Druids were familiar with the tongue of Moses. 17681 DICTIONARY of the religious ceremonies of the Eastern nations, with an index in English, Arabic, and Persian, 4to. calf, 7s 6d Calcutta, 1787 17682 DRUMMOND (Sir W.) Oedipus Judaicus, 8vo. 16 plates, hf. calf, 21s 17683 the same, reprinted, 8vo. plates, cloth, 10s His learning was great, his etymologies amazing. 1811 1866 17684 Origines; or remarks on the origin of several empires, states, and cities, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2.; calf gilt, £2. 10s 1829 17685 DULAURE (J. A.) Histoire abrégée de différens Cultes, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 35s Paris, 1825 This book is always in considerable request on account of the second volume, which treats of the "Divinités génératrices." 17686 DUPUIS, Origine de tous les Cultes, 3 vols. 4to. no plates, calf, 10s Paris III (1795) 17687 another copy, quite complete, with the plates bound separately, in 4 vols. 4to. calf, 36s ib. 111 (1795) 17688 FABER (George Stanley) Dissertation on the mysteries of the Cabiri, 2 vols. 8vo. frontispiece, calf neat, 30s Oxford, 1803 The mysterious deities are still able to command a good sale for this intensely stupid book. 17689 17690 the ORIGIN of PAGAN IDOLATRY ascertained from historical testimony and circumstantial evidence, 3 vols. 4to. plates, hf. calf, £5. 108 1816 the same, 3 vols. 4to. plates, bds. uncut, £6. 10s; or, bound in veau fauve extra, gilt tops, uncut, £7. 10s 1816 One of the most extraordinary works ever written. His theory that the population of the world split into three sections at the destruction of Babel, each carrying with them over the globe the traditions of the true religion, afterwards warped and transformed by time-does not invalidate the industry and learning which enabled him to gather innumerable facts of real importance. Buddhism was merely the corruption of the religion held by the Hebrew patriarchs after the Deluge, and the Brahman mythology of India was derived from Buddhism. This was one of Mr. Faber's less valuable facts. 17691 FAIRBAIRN (A. M.) Studies in the philosophy of Religion and History, small 8vo. (pub. 9s), cloth, 6s 1877 17692 FORLONG (Gen.) RIVERS of LIFE, or Sources and Streams of the FAITHS OF MAN in all Lands, 2 vols. 4to. numerous plates ond woodcuts, with a large coloured chart in a case, (pub. £6. 6s), cloth, £5. 5s 5s 1883 17693 GÖRRES (J.) Mythengeschichte der asiatischen Welt, 2 vols. 8vo. Heidelberg, 1810 17694 GUBERNATIS (Angelo) Zoological Mythology, or the Legends of Animals, 2 vols. 8vo. (pub. 288), cloth, 20s 1872 A fascinating work, in spite of its profuse erudition. As a contribution to the literature of Comparative Mythology its importance can hardly be overrated. Jena, 1859 17695 HAHN'S Mythologische Parallelen, 8vo. sd. 28 6d 17696 HANUSCH, die Wissenschaft des Slawischen (und altpreussisch lithauischen) Mythus, 8vo. sd. 4s 6d Lemberg, 1842 17697 HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE des Religions; Religions de l'Inde par Pelletan et Maury, roy. 8vo. sd. 3s 6d Paris, 1845 17698 HIGGINS (Godfrey) Anacalypsis, an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis, or an inquiry into the origin of languages, nations, and religions, 2 vols. 4to. plates, £14. 1836 Ninety-one pages of Index, in treble columns, with 79 lines to a column, constitute the great value of the Anacalypsis. Of the author's portentous knowledge, his powerful critical faculty, his fitness to investigate and elucidate the ancient mysteries of mythology, philology, ethnology, and other ologies, many persons speak with reverence and rapture. But even men of education must admit that Higgins collected a large number of curious and important facts. 17699 INMAN (Thomas) Ancient Faiths embodied in ancient names, 2 thick vols. 8vo. plates and woodcuts, cloth, £2. 10s 17700 1872-73 Nearly 2000 pages of a kind of lexicon of names and things, each article forming a long and curious disquisition upon the origin of Christian and other mythologies. A great deal of the Phallic element is found here. Ancient Faiths, and Modern, a dissertation upon Wor- 17701 KENNEDY (Vans) Researches into the nature and affinity of Ancient and Hindu Mythology, 4to. hf. bound, 14s 1831 17702 KIRCHERI (Athanasii) Edipus Ægyptiacus, hoc est universalis Hieroglyphicæ veterum Doctrina instauratio, 3 vols. 1653-50-Obelisci Aegyptiaci nuper inter Isaei Romani rudera effossi interpretatio hieroglyphica, 1666-4 vols. in 3, folio, plates and woodcuts, calf, gilt back, £4. Romæ, 1652-66 17703 KNIGHT (R. P[ayne]) Account of the remains of the Worship of Priapus lately existing at Isernia in Naples, with a discourse on the worship, 4to. several fine plates, £7.7s 17704 1786 A sweet theme for the display of knowledge and for indulgence in delightful speculation. Discourse on the Worship of Priapus and its connexion with the mystic Theology of the Ancients (New Edition), to which is added an Essay on the Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe, sm. 4to. 40 plates, comprising 130 Phallic illustrations, £5. Privately printed, 1865 The additional Essay which constitutes the larger part of the book, is said to have been composed by the late Thomas Wright and J. C. Hotten in collaboration. Their object was, of course, purely scientific, as one may readily pretend to imagine. 17705 LAJARD (FELIX) RECHERCHES SUR LE CULTE, LES SYMBOLES, LES ATTRIBUTS, ET LES MONUMENS FIGURÉS DE VENUS en Orient et en Occident, 1837-Introduction à l'étude du culte de Mithra, 1847-Recherches sur le Culte Public et les Mystères de Mithra en Orient et en Occident, 1867-the 3 parts in 1 vol. 4to. with a folio Atlas, containing 145 plates (35 and 110), uniformly bound in hf. morocco, £21. Paris, 1837-67 The above description does not quite agree with the first title-page to the Atlas, which gives 40 plates, that being the number of the "explications" following. The words "reste inédite," marked in pencil, account for the deficiencies. Brunet would appear not to have seen the book, as he describes the Mithra as a folio, and gives 48 plates to the Venus. The title-page mentions" un tableau lithographié," which is not in the volume, nor alluded to by Brunet. 17706 LIEBUSCH (Georg) Skythika, oder etymologische und kritische Bemerkungen über alte Bergreligion und späteren Fetischismus, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d. Camenz, 1833 17707 LÜKEN (H.) Traditionen des Menschengeschlechts, 8vo. hf. calf, Münster, 1856 17708 LUNDY'S Monumental Christianity, or the Art and Symbolism of the Primitive Church as witnesses and teachers of the one Catholic faith and practice, sm. 4to. about 500 pp. with several large plates and over 200 woodcuts, cloth gilt, £1. 8s 2s 6d New York, 1876 Valuable as a work on early Christian art, with figures of all the monuments described, and comprising many curious items of information in its text. The author's theories need not be taken into account, although he brings Agni, Mithra, and Horus to their support. "The parallel of the Christian and Pagan ideas on certain points is, as might be expected, carefully pointed out, with very interesting results. One of the best chapters is the last, on 'Resurrection and Life Everlasting, as displayed in Ancient Art, Pagan and Christian.""-Athenæum, August 19th, 1876, p. 246. 17709 MANKIND (On) their origin and destiny, by an M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford [A. D. THOMSON], thick 8vo. engravings, cloth, 21s 1872 A very curious book, which will be read attentively by all the followers of Godfrey Higgins and Dr. Inman. 17710 [MARTIN (Jac.)] Explication de divers Monuments singuliers qui ont rapport à la religion des plus anciens peuples, 4to. several plates, calf, 7s 6d Paris, 1739 17711 MAURY (L. F. A.) Croyance et Légendes de l'Antiquité, 8vo. Spanish morocco, 24s Paris, 1863 An admirable work on the early relations between the East and the West, the origins of Christianity, and the mythologies of India and the Gauls. 17712 MICHELET, the Bible of Humanity, translated from the French by Vincenzo Colfa, 8vo. cloth, 12s New York, 1877 A noble prose-poem reviewing the history of mankind in its connexion with the religions and mythology of the world. 17713 MÜLLER (C. O.) Introduction to a scientific system of Mythology, translated by John Leitch, 8vo. cloth, 10s 1845 17713* NEUHAEUSER, Cadmilus sive de Cabirorum cultu ac mysteriis, 8vo. sd. 2s 6d Lipsia, 1857 17714 NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS: Islam and its founder, by J. W. H. Stobart, 1876; Buddhism, by Rhys Davids, 1878; Hinduism, by Monier Williams, 1878; Confucianism and Taouism, by Robert K. Douglas, 1879; 4 vols. 12mo. maps, cloth, 88 6d 1876-79 17715 O'BRIEN (Henry) on the Round Towers of Ireland, or the Mysteries of Free-Masonry, of Sabaism, and of Budhism unveiled, WITH THE PREFACE, 8vo. cuts, cloth, £2. 1834 Many people are fascinated by studies that combine obscenity and learning. According to O'Brien, Buddha was Priapus, and the Round Towers were symbols of Irish Buddhistical virility. 17715*Ouvaroff, Etudes de Philologie et de Critique, roy. 8vo. sd. 7s 6d Paris, 1844 Essai sur les mystères d'Eleusis; Nonnos; Vorhomerische Zeitalter; Fable d'Hercule, etc. 17716 PICART (B.) CEREMONIES ET COUTUMES RELIGIEUSES DE TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE, 8 vols. in 9, Amst. 1723-43-SUPERSTITIONS ANCIENNES ET MODERNES, 2 vols. ib. 1733-36-together 11 vols. large folio, with 265 engravings, fine impressions, old French calf, £9.98 Amst. 1723-43 17717 the same, LARGE PAPER, 11 vols. large folio, fine set in French calf gilt, £14. 1723-43 17718 PRIAULX (Osm. de B.) Quæstiones Mosaicæ, or the Book of Genesis compared with the remains of ancient Religions, 8vo. bds. 78 17718# 1842 second edition enlarged, 8vo. cloth, 8s; hf. russia, 10s 1854 A rational explanation of Judaic and Christian Mythology, compared with the beliefs and traditions of the various races of the world. 17719 RICHTER (J. A. L.) das Christenthum und die ältesten Religionen des Orients, 8vo. sd. 2s 17721 Leipzig, 1819 17720 SCHWARTZ (F. L. W.) Ursprung der Mythologie, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 3s 6d Berlin, 1860 die poetischen Naturanschauungen der Griechen, Römer. und Deutschen, in ihrer Beziehung zur Mythologie, 2 vols. 8vo, sd. 5s Berlin, 1864-79 17722 SQUIER (E. G.) the Serpent Symbol and the worship of the reciprocal principles of nature in America, 8vo. numerous woodcuts, cloth, £1. 12s 6d New York, 1851 Although the treatise is specifically of American interest, it deals with Phallic matters in all parts of the world. 17723 VOLLMER (W.) Wörterbuch der Mythologie aller Nationen, thick 8vo. 129 plates, hf. morocco, 10s Stuttgart, 1836 A very useful book, including the names found in Greek, Roman, Scandinavian, Teutonic, Sclavonic, Finnish, Eastern, Egyptian, African, American, and Polynesian mythology. 17724 WESTROPP and WAKE, ANCIENT SYMBOL WORSHIP: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity, second edition, with Introduction, Notes, and Appendix by Wilder, 8vo. plate, cloth, New York, 1875 "The fundamental basis of Christianity is more purely Phallic than that of any other religion now existing."-P. 78. the 10s The original papers are sober and not over-presumptuous essays; introduction, notes, and appendix contain some gems of Priapean sagacity. 2. ATHEISTICAL AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN WRITERS. 17725 [BEVERLAND] Peccatum Originale philologice προβληματικώς elucubratum à Themidis alumno, 12mo. calf, fine copy, £2. 2s Eleutheropoli-(at end) 1678 idem opus, 1678-Beverlandus de stolatæ virginitatis jure, Lugd. Bat. 1680-idem de Fornicatione cavenda, Londini, 1697--3 vols. in 1, 12mo. calf, £2. 5s 1678-97 17726 An extraordinary work which was everywhere suppressed and which led to its author's imprisonment. He devoted his profound learning to a base end, when he pretended to prove that the eating of the apple was a metaphorical way of describing the first act of union between Eve and Adam ;-for, as the illustrations from various sources and the digressions into kindred (and still more objectionable) subjects, prove, his true object can only have been a morbid indulgence in nastiness. 17727 Buddeus (Joan. Fr.) de Atheismo et Superstitione, 8vo. calf, 10s Trajecti, 1737 Full of curious matter,-and very hard on the Atheists. 17728 [COLLINS (Antony)] Discourse of Free-Thinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a sect call'd Free-thinkers, sm. 8vo. fine copy in vellum, 10s 17729 1713 another copy, old calf, with the autograph of "S. Marlborough," the famous Duchess Sarah, £2. 2s 1713 |