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PICART, BERNARD. 1673–1733.:The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World. London: Claude Du Bosc, 1731-39.
7 volumes in 6. Folio (447 x 275 mm). Half titles, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication page in volume IV, 215 (of 220) engraved plates, many double-page or folding, engraved illustrations and headers in text. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. A few pages re-margined at outside edges, leaf 5O2 (pp 419-420) in volume 3 torn through but complete, dampstaining, especially to last volumes, browning and spotting throughout.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, A richly illustrated landmark work on religious tolerance. \”No other work before then had ever attempted, in word and image, such a grand sweep of human religions, Religious Ceremonies of the World marked a major turning point in European attitudes toward religious beliefs and hence the sacred\” (Hunt, Jacob Mijnhardt The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard\’s Religious Ceremonies of the World p 1). Picart\’s engravings \”are indeed so finely executed, both in the drawing and engraving, that there are few plates even at this day which excel them\” (Field 1212, French edition). Sabin 4934.
