The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World.

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 292

(PICART, BERNARD).

The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World.

Six volumes. With hundreds of engraved plates, including the 25 plates of Jewish historic interest. Most plates with multiple subjects, some double-page or folding. Text in English. Two additional plates of the Jews in Vol. VI with wider margins. Touch browned, though all plates clean. Contemporary uniform speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, rubbed joints weak. Folio Rubens 438-57

London: 1731-1737

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

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 are elements in his immense production which herald the new age.” G.N. Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book (1986), p.7.