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PICARD, Bernard. Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. 1741.
PICARD, Bernard.
Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde.
Paris, Rollin, 1741.
Seven Folio (395x257 mm), I. frontispiece, (4)-xxviii-383-(3) pages and 29 plates / II. (6)-368-(3)-(1 bl.) pages and 38 plates / III. (4)-422 pages and 19 plates / IV. (4)-414 pages and 14 plates / V. (4)-430 pages and 41 plates / VI. (4)-453-(2)-(1 bl.) pages and 44 plates / VII. (4)-427-(1) pages and 42 plates. binding : Contemporary full mottle calf. Spine gilt in seven compartments. Bindings rubbed and carrefully restored.
Minor defaults (some foxing and staining (p.111 part 1, plates p. 21 and 137 of part 2, ...), minor tear without lack plate p. 208 part 3, large tear without lack, repaired, to pl. p. 346 of part 4).
Second edition of this monumental history of religious ceremonies.
Important study dealing with Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Buddhism and the traditions of China, Japan, the Americas, the Pacific Islands and Africa
Complete copy with the frontispiece and the 227 plates required.
Price : 2300 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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