[Rarebooks] For sale: The Worship of the Serpent

[Norman Kane]

DEANE, JOHN BATHURST.   THE WORSHIP OF THE SERPENT TRACED THROUGHOUT 
THE WORLD . . . SECOND EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED.  London: 
Rivington, 1833.  Octavo, original cloth with leather label, corners 
rounded, bottom of spine has some wear, with a small worn spot.
  7 plates (2 folding, one lightly foxed.)   Inscription by Deane on 
half-title to "his oldest and most valued friend," Samuel James 
Allen, and inscribed again to Allen on the following blank leaf (both 
leaves foxed.)  (Is this the Rev. Saml.
James Allen, born 1806?)  Scarce.   $325.00                 (Trade 
Discount 10%)

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