72 - PICART (Bernard).

PICART (Bernard). Religious Ceremonies and Customs of Idolatrous Peoples, Depicted in Illustrations Drawn by Bernard Picart: With a Historical Explanation and Some Interesting Essays. Amsterdam, Bernard, 1728–1739. 7 folio volumes, marbled calfskin, ornate ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Caps, jaws, and corners worn with leather loss. Scuff marks and gnawing. Old library call number label on the front cover of the first volume. A few interior flaws; generally good interior condition. The work contains: Volume I (1739) - Jews and Catholic Christians: [2] ff., 156 pp., 90 pp., 28 plates (out of 29; plate 17 is missing). Volume II (1739) – Catholics: [2] ff., 172 pp., 177–[1] pp., 33 plates. Volume III (1733) - Ceremonies of the Greeks & Protestants: 396 pp., 19 plates. Slight scattered pinholes. Volume IV (1736) - Anglicans, Quakers (sic), Anabaptists, etc.: [3] ff., 348–[2] pp., 13–[1] pp., 14 plates (including one, No. 4 bis, not listed in the table at the end of the volume, depicting the convulsionaries at the Saint-Médard cemetery) Volume V (1737) – Ceremonies of the Muslims, etc.: [2] ff., 291–[1] pp., 32 pp., 160 pp., 26 plates. Volume VI (1735) - Religious Ceremonies of the West Indies - East Indians [...]: [2] ff., 139–[1] pp., 196–[2] pp., 45 plates. Volume VII (1728) - India, China, Persia, Africa: [2] ff., 386 pp., 38 pp., 84-[1] pp., 58 plates. Traces of marginal water stains on the first leaves; paper yellowed in places. (Cohen 134–135.) This work is a compilation of writings by R. Simon, J. Abbadie, Dupin, Thiers, Le Brun, Boulainvilliers, Reland, and others on the same subject. It was edited by J. Fréd. Bernard, bookseller and publisher, Minister Bernard, Bruzen de la Martinière, and others.