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.”]

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,400

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author

(PICART, BERNARD).

printer

Rollin Fils

Place

Paris

Publication

1741

Description

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.

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