Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, représentées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picart [...].

3 vol., folio: n.c. (text); 94 pl. (browning and spotting).

Contemp. sheep, gilt-ruled covers, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (corners rubbed and bumped, scratches on covers, joints starting to split, def. to heads and tails). S.w.a.f.

Parts 2, 3 (first section), 5, 7 (second section) and 8 only, of this large ethnographic and comparative work on the world's religions. The parts present here are devoted to Christianism, Islam, chivalric orders, ceremonies in Ancient Greece and Rome, a history of the Feast of Fools, carnaval, satire and a comparison between Jewish ceremonies and Bacchanalia. Ill. with 94 full page and fold. page pl. Titles in red & black.
Ref. Cohen 134-136. - STCN.