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[ANTHROPOLOGY]. -- KNIGHT, Richard Payne (1750-1824). An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, lately existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... London: T. Spilsbury, 1786. 4o (282 x 220 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates and 6 engravings in text, extra-illustrated with 2 additional plates. Contemporary boards, uncut (rebacked); morocco folding case (broken). Provenance: Philip Earl of Hardwicke (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. "Knight's pioneering study of ancient priapic rituals and votive objects was issued for private circulation in an edition of approximately eighty copies" (Norman). Wellcome III, p. 403; Norman 1226. -- Samuel Stanhope SMITH (1751-1819). An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. New Brunswick: L. Deare for J. Simpson and New York: Williams and Whiting, 1810. 8o (225 x 143 mm., uncut). Provenance: B. Carke (early signature on title). Second edition. Norman 1956. -- Charles WHITE (1728-1813). An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man, and in different Animals and Vegetables, and from the Former to the Latter. London: C. Dilly, 1799. 4o (302 x 253 mm., uncut). 4 engraved plates, including 2 folding. Contemporary marbled boards (rebacked, some rubbing). FIRST EDITION. Norman 2234. (3)

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[ANTHROPOLOGY]. -- KNIGHT, Richard Payne (1750-1824). An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, lately existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... London: T. Spilsbury, 1786. 4o (282 x 220 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates and 6 engravings in text, extra-illustrated with 2 additional plates. Contemporary boards, uncut (rebacked); morocco folding case (broken). Provenance: Philip Earl of Hardwicke (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. "Knight's pioneering study of ancient priapic rituals and votive objects was issued for private circulation in an edition of approximately eighty copies" (Norman). Wellcome III, p. 403; Norman 1226. -- Samuel Stanhope SMITH (1751-1819). An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. New Brunswick: L. Deare for J. Simpson and New York: Williams and Whiting, 1810. 8o (225 x 143 mm., uncut). Provenance: B. Carke (early signature on title). Second edition. Norman 1956. -- Charles WHITE (1728-1813). An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man, and in different Animals and Vegetables, and from the Former to the Latter. London: C. Dilly, 1799. 4o (302 x 253 mm., uncut). 4 engraved plates, including 2 folding. Contemporary marbled boards (rebacked, some rubbing). FIRST EDITION. Norman 2234. (3)