PICART, BERNARD.

J.F. Bernard

Amsterdam

1723 and 1728

Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Three volumes. Vol. I: pp. (12), 42, (8), 153; 206, (2). Vol. II: pp. (4), 162, 165-197, (1), 104. Vol. III: pp. 396. * AND: PICART, BERNARD. Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres. Two volumes. Vol. I: pp. (4), 168, 165-211, (1); 49, (3), 77, (3), 83-150, (2). Vol. II: pp. (4), 232, 235-386, 38, 84, (2)

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. An invaluable pictorial record of Jewish life in 18th century Holland.