Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. Representées par des Figures deffinées de la main de Bernard Picard: Avec une Explication Historique, & quelques Dissertations curieuses. Vols. I, II, III, IV [BINDING COPY]
Amsterdam: J. F. Bernard, 1733-1739. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. Volume one with three quarter black library tape over modeled leather. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Volumes two through four in three quarter black leather over pebbled black leather with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled edges. Marbled endpapers. Decorative initials and historiated headpieces, decorative endpieces.
Vol. One, 1739. 1 leaf, 156, 90pp. Ceremonies of the Jews and the Catholics. Jewish part with in-text plate page 20, the double plate of the synagogue between pages 122/23, full page plates facing pages 51, 125, 126, and 147, and two images per plate facing pages 130, 133, 135, 137, 138, 148, 150, and 152. The Catholic part with folding plate Ceremony and Possession... between pages 40/41, double plate between pages 60/61, a full plate facing page 47, and plates with multiple images facing pages 31, 32, 34, 70, 71, 84, 87, 89.
Vol. Two, 1739: 2 leaves, 177 (1), 88, 386, 38, 84 (1)pp. Ceremonies of the Catholics. History of the Inquisition. Banians. Chinese. Persian. African People. Twofold folding plate facing page 6; twofold folding plate called for facing page 8 inserted facing page 20; plate 5, called for facing page 24 bound in facing page 26; "Chapelets &" called for facing page 26 bound in facing page 51; "La Procession..." twofold folding as called for facing page 58; plate 20 "le convoi.." twofold folding as called for; Banians: two-fold folding facing page 8 as called for; plate 9 facing page 62 as called for; plate 11 twofold folding following page 112 as called for; Chinese: plate 18 bound in facing page 213, called for to face 219; plate 26 "Pagode..." twofold folding facing 235 as called for; twofold folding plate 29 facing page 265 as called for; plate 36 "Temple..." tow-fold folding facing page 310 as called for; plate 40 "Ceremonie..." twofold folding facing page 337 as called for; plate 44 "Jumala..." called for to face 372 facing 374; plate 46 "Mariage..." facing 384, called for to face 382; Persian:
Vol. Three, 1733: 396pp. Ceremonies of the Greeks and Protestants. Plate 4 "Deuil..." twofold folding facing page 140 as called for; plate 7 "La Commemoration..." twofold folding facing page 232 as called for; plate 12 "La Communion..." twofold folding facing page 362 as called for; plate 13 "Le Bapteme..." twofold folding facing page 368 as called for; plate 16 "Ceremonies Funébres..." twofold folding facing page 378 as called for.
Vol. Four, 1736: (4) 344 (2), plates. Contains the Anglicans, the Quakers, the Anabaptists. Plate 1 "La Communion..." twofold folding facing page 88 as called for; plate 2 "Le Bapteme..." twofold folding facing page 90 as called for; two plates numbered 4 facing page 131; plate 10 "Procession..." twofold folding facing page 213 as called for; plate 11 "Free-Massons..." twofold folding facing page 252 as called for; plate 13 "le Bapteme..." twofold folding facing page 331 as called for. Binding Copies. Item #51003
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