PICART, BERNARD.

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 270

PICART, BERNARD.

Naaukeurige Beschryving der Uitwendige Godtsdienst-Plichten, Kerk-Zeden en Gewoontens van Alle Volkeren der Waereldt. Eerste Deel. [Description of the Religious Duties, Manners and Customs of all the Nations of the World]. Translated from the French to Dutch by Abraham Moubach Part I: pp. (30), 387, (4). + plates. * Part II: pp. 324, (18). + plates. * Part III: pp. (8), 187, (5), 229, (9). 45 plates. * Part IV: pp. (2), 424, (31). 58 plates. * Part V: pp. (8), 368. 19 plates. * Part VI: pp. (8), 340, (4), 317, (42), (1 blank). 13 + 26 plates. Uniform contemporary blind-tooled vellum with cartouche in center. Folio

Amsterdam: Hermanus Uytwerf 1727-1738

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

Picart's panoramic view of the world's religions is certainly one of the most striking illustrated books of the 18th-century. Picart's plates present an invaluable pictorial record of Jewish life in 18th-century Holland.