Richard Payne Knight
Richard Payne Knight of Downton Castle in Herefordshire, and of 5 Soho Square, London, England, was a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery. He served as a Member of Parliament for Leominster in Herefordshire (1780–84) and for Ludlow in Shropshire(1784–1806).
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Books
An Analytical Essay on the Greek Alphabet by Richard Payne Knight
2020
ISBN 9780461860801
The Progress of Civil Society. A Didactic Poem, in Six Books. By Richard Payne Knight
2018
ISBN 9781379597124
An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste
2018
ISBN 9780353616868
Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology
1993
ISBN 9781564594105
A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus A History of Phallic Worship
2000
ISBN 9781589630369
Sexual Symbolism
2006
ISBN 9780486450032
A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus
2023
ISBN 9789358580860
A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus and Its Connection with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients
2024
ISBN 9781396326745
The Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology An Inquiry, by Richard Payne Knight. . . New Ed, with Introduction, Additions, Notes Translated Into English and a New and Complete Index, by Alexander Wilder, M. D. with 348 Illustrations by A. L. Rawson
1892
ISBN 9780608372723
An Analytical Enquiry into Principles of Taste
1972
ISBN 9780576151443