P., Dentu, 1805; un volume in 8 relié en pleine basane, dos orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), (coiffes émoussées), (2), 24pp., 424pp., (1pp.)
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- "A pioneer study in sexual symbolism . Wide investigations of sexual symbolism in cults, myths and religions had been carried out throughout the nineteenth century. The pioneer of these studies, J.A. Dulaure, contended that early civilizations who worshiped the sun incorporated its regenerative forces into the image of the phallus. He described at length the cult of the phallus and its symbolism, with innumerable examples from ancient civilizations. This book had enormous success, and popularized the idea that a universal cult of the phallus had existed". (Ellenberger p. 506)**1877/F2
Paris, 1805. (4), xxiv, 427, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards, corners, label with gilt lettering. Caillet, i, 3345; Gay, i, 860; Pia, Dictionnaire des Oeuvres Erotiques, pp. 133-134. First edition of Dulaure's classic on phallic cults, largely concerned with the rituals of classical antiquity and -- especially -- their survivals in modern European folklore, a famous book in its field by one of the pioneers of the anthropological method of investigating human history. A very good copy of a uncommon book.
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