Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde [“General History of the Ceremonies, Mores and Religious Customs of All the Peoples of the World.”]

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 248
(PICART, BERNARD).

Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde [“General History of the Ceremonies, Mores and Religious Customs of All the Peoples of the World.”]

French edition, Volume I only - The Jews. Title in red and black. Numerous engravings (including fold-outs) portraying the rites and life style of the Jews as practiced in 18th-century Amsterdam. pp. (4), 28, 216, (2) [continues Part II: Catholics]. Lightly browned and waterstained. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments, gilt, rubbed, spine worn. Folio.

Paris: Rollin Fils 1741

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,400