Description:
Picart, Bernard (1673-1733) Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous Peuples du Monde. Tome Premier. Amsterdam: Chez Laporte, 1783. Folio, volume one only, covering the people of China, Japan, Tibet, India, North America, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Greenland, Lapland, Ethiopia, and others; with half-title, title, 162 leaves of text and illustrated with eighty-one plates numbered 2 through 81, with two plates numbered 36, bound in full contemporary sheepskin sponged in black and russet over tan, spine gilt with two labels, 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Estimate $150-250
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Amsterdam, Brazil, Lapland, China, Ethiopia, Greenland, India, Japan, Mexico, TibetJohn Dorfman
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