Bidspirit auction | PICART, BERNARD

PICART, BERNARD - The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World.. Volume One only (parts 1-2 bound in one). First edition in English. With engraved plates of Jewish life, and also of the Catholic Church. The Abram Kanof copy (with his book-plate). pp. (20), 450, (12). Browned and stained, gutter split. Later reverse calf, worn. Tall folio. London: william jackson, 1733. An invaluable pictorial record of Jewish life in 18th century Amsterdam. See Rubens, Jewish Iconography nos. 436-60.