Ophiolatreia an Account of The Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin Rise and Development of Serpent Worship by Hargrave Jennings [Anonymous]
Publication: 1889 Privately Printed first edition
A volume from the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" on phallic worship privately & anonymously published, but believed to have been authored by Hargrave Jennings (1817-1890)Jennings was best known for his writing on the subject of phallism (phallicism - phallic worship) and its place in the origin of all religions. The anonymity of this series would have been necessary because the subject matter of the work was considered much too controversial for public release at the time. "Someone, most likely Jennings himself writing on behalf of the publishers described this volume as a comparatively new subject: "upon which a very limited amount of literature has been written" but which "has excited considerable curiosity among its discoverers."
Condition: publishers paper covered beveled boards, title to spine and cover with caduceus print, top edges of pages with staining [text not affected], general soiling to covers, binding firm, overall in Very Good condition