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| 041 | 0 | # | $a eng |
| 044 | # | # | $a uk |
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Christie |
| 245 | 1 | 3 | $a An Essay On That Earliest Species Of Idolatry, The Worship of the Elements. By J. Christie. |
| 260 | # | # | $b Printed At The Stanhopian Press Of Stevenson, Matchett, And Stevenson, $a Norwich. $b And May Be Had Of Messrs. White And Cochrane, Fleet-Street, And Of Messrs. Payne And Foss, Pall-Mall, $a London. $c 1814. |
| 300 | # | # | $a [iv], iv, 26 p., [2] pl. (fold.); $c 277 mm. (Folio.) |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a [Half-title, t.p.] - Introduction - [Text]; Erratum; [colophon] - [Plates]. |
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$a Neither plate carries a signature. The printer's name is repeated in the colophon: 'Stevenson, Matchett, And Stevenson, Printers, Norwich.' |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a Christie describes idolatry as 'the abuse of symbols'. His survey of human veneration of the elements ranges across not only ancient Jewish, Greek and Roman but also Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern traditions. The two folding plates show: [1] a Chinese representation of figures among groves, seas and clouds (from a piece of porcelain in the author's possession); [2] borders of a Chinese pot of the 15th century. Both plates are coloured by hand. |
| 562 | # | # | $a A prelim. page of the whole volume is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy, by the Author.' |
| 563 | # | # | $a 19th-century black calf, upper and lower covers with ruled gilt borders; spine lettered 'Christie On The Greek Vases' and 'Worship Of The Elements'. Bound with one other. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Religions - Worship - Elements - Symbolism - Images - Mediterranean Region - Asia - China - History |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Essays - Great Britain - 19th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Hand coloring - Great Britain - 19th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Stevenson $e printer |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Payne $e bookseller |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Foss $e bookseller |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Christie $e previous owner $e donor |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Stevenson, Matchett and Stevenson (Norwich) $e printer |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a White and Cochrane (London) $e bookseller |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Payne and Foss (London) $e bookseller |