PICART, BERNARD.

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $4,000

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printer

Hermanus Uytwerf

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1727-1738

Description

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

summary

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.

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

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