Histoire Générale des Cérémonies, Moeurs, et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. Eight volumes. 1723-43. * WITH: (PICART, BERNARD). Superstitions Anciennes et Modernes. Two volumes. 1733-46.

AUCTION 22 | Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn

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Histoire Générale des Cérémonies, Moeurs, et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. Eight volumes. 1723-43. * WITH: (PICART, BERNARD). Superstitions Anciennes et Modernes. Two volumes. 1733-46.

Together, two works in ten volumes. With hundreds of engraved plates, most with multiple subjects (including Jewish religious rites and ceremonies), some double-page or folding. Text in French. Dampwrinkled in places. All nine volumes in contemporary unifrom mottled calf, spines with gilt extra, lightly rubbed. Folio

Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard v.d

Est: $6,000 - $8,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

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 elements in his immense production which herald the new age.” Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book (1986) p.7. An invaluable pictorial record of Jewish life in 18th century Holland. A fine set in a particularly attractive binding.