July 16, 2012
Marbled paper in high contrast black and white, with color example on facing page. Contradicted library statement: “This book is not to be taken from the library.” From the back matter of Serpent and Siva Worship and Mythology in Central America, Africa, and Asia: and, The Origin of Serpent Worship by Hyde Clarke and Charles Staniland Wake (1877). Original from Harvard University. Digitized January 4, 2008. 

Marbled paper in high contrast black and white, with color example on facing page. Contradicted library statement: “This book is not to be taken from the library.”

From the back matter of Serpent and Siva Worship and Mythology in Central America, Africa, and Asia: and, The Origin of Serpent Worship by Hyde Clarke and Charles Staniland Wake (1877). Original from Harvard University. Digitized January 4, 2008. 

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