The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World
AUCTION 14 |
Tuesday, November 13th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 410
(PICART, BERNARD)
The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World
London: William Jackson 1733
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
An invaluable pictorial record of Jewish life in 18th century Holland. One of the most striking illustrated books of the 18th-century. “Bernard Picart was the outstanding professional illustrator of the first third of the eighteenth century, an age during which the designs for the finest illustrated books were typically drawn by leading painters. He worked for the most part in the fading baroque tradition, but there are elements in his immense production which herald the new age.” G.N. Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book (1986) p.7