In the Image of Priapus

In the Image of Priapus
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages : 216
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Book Synopsis In the Image of Priapus by : Giancarlo Carabelli

Download or read book In the Image of Priapus written by Giancarlo Carabelli and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with an exhibition at the British Museum, this book tells the story of the great toes, phallic atefacts collected from Isernia, a remote town in southern Italy, and brought to London by Sir William Hamilton in 1784.


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