1733 PICART CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS 6 VOLS ILL RELIGION JUDAICA ISLAM CHRISTIANITY 1ST ENGLISH EDITION Start Price USD 7,750.00 Current Price USD 7,750.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 14, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location Jerusalem See more about '1733 PICART CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS 6 VOLS ILL' Description BERNARD PICART --  THE CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE KNOWN WORLD,  TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL ANNOTATIONS,  AND SEVERAL CURIOUS DISCOURSES EQUALLY INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING.  WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLIO COPPER PLATES, ALL BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND CURIOUSLY ENGRAVED BY MOST OF THE BEST HANDS IN EUROPE.  PRINTED BY WILLIAM JACKSON FOR CLAUDE DU BOSC, LONDON, 1733.  1ST ENGLISH EDITION ( THE 1ST FRENCH EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1723 ).  7 PARTS IN 6 VOLUMES WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF FULL FOLIO PAGE, SOME DOUBLE PAGE OR FOLDING TRIPLE PAGE,  FOLIO - 46 X 29 CM.  PAGES GENERALLY GOOD BUT SOME BROWNING AND FEW FOXINGS OR SMALL STAINS. OWNER'S NAME ON FRONT PAGE.  FULL CALF HARD COVET WITH GILT FRAME AROUND FRONT AND BACK COVER AND GILT DECORATION AND LETTERING ON SPINES.  SOME OF THE GILT HAS BEEN ERASED.  SOME RUBBING OF COVER, FEW PARTS OF LEATHER  MISSING AND IN SOME THE SPINE'S BANDS ARE EXPOSED BUT HOLDING. THE 6 VOLUMES WEIGH ABOUT 30 KILO AND NEED SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR SHIPMENT AND INSURANCE Place a Bid!