Null Bernard PICART (1673-1733)

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Burin engraving of the Descriptio…
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Bernard PICART (1673-1733) The Sincere Burin engraving of the Description du Manège Moderne written and drawn by Baron d'Eisenberg. 18th century 23.5 x 31 cm

Bernard PICART (1673-1733) The Sincere Burin engraving of the Description du Manège Moderne written and drawn by Baron d'Eisenberg. 18th century 23.5 x 31 cm

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JAKOB VAN DER SCHLEY (Amsterdam, 1715 - 1779) "Anabaptist Dinner and Coins". Two 18th-century Dutch engravings. Texts in French. Published in Amsterdam by Jean Frédéric Bernard. Soiling, damp stains, cracks, creases and some tears. Reintegrations on paper. They were part of the book "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde", which appeared from 1723 to 1743. Size: 35 x 23.5 cm (largest) . Jakob van der Schley was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied with Bernard Picart (1673-1733), whose style he later copied. His main interests were portrait engraving and the production of illustrations. Jean-Frédéric Bernard (1683-1744) was a French publisher and writer. Born into a Huguenot family, he took refuge in Amsterdam because of the persecutions to which the Huguenots were subjected in France during the period in which Bernard lived.Jean-Frédéric Bernard's most famous work is probably the encyclopaedia of religions entitled Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, created in collaboration with the engraver and designer Bernard Picart between 1723 and 1743. This work is considered "the book that changed Europe" by scholars Lynn Hunt, Margaret C. Jacob, and Wijnand Mijnhardt, according to whom Cérémonies is the first major comparative study of religions published on the Old Continent, making a significant contribution to religious tolerance, appearing on the cultural scene at a time of persecution and conflict between religious communities.