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

1 (of 9) vol., folio: [8]-120-[2]-[4]-164 pp.; 24 pl. (sl. spotting, foxing, very occ. staining, one larger on pp. 55-56 of 1st part, margin of pl. p. 109 torn without loss, damp stain to lower margin at the end of the vol.).

Contemp. mottled calf, covers orn. with angular flower tools, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, marbled edges (joints split, rubbed, head and tail missing).

Volume VIII only of a large ethnographic and comparative work on the world's religions. Vol. devoted in the 1st part to a comparison between Christianism and ceremonies in Ancient Greece and Rome, and in the 2nd part to a history of the Feast of Fools, carnaval, satire and a comparison between Jewish ceremonies and Bacchanalia. Illustrated with 24 plates by Bernard Picart (14, 10), 8 fold., 5 headpieces and a title-vignette.
Ref. Cohen 134-136.