Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses. ...
Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733)
Category
Books
Date
1723 - 1743
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3078545
Summary
Bibliographic description
9 v. in 11 : ill. (part. fold.) ; fol. Running number: 6020. Large paper copy. Plate between pp. 194-195 in vol. 4 is torn in half. Plate between pp. 30-31 in the "Suplement et corrections" in vol. 5 is hand-coloured. Without the supplementary volumes containing "Superstitions anciennes et modernes". Vol. 1 contains tome 1; vol. 2 contains tome 2; vols. 3-4 contain tomes 6-7 "Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres"; vol. 5 contains tome 3; vol. 6 contains tome 4; vol. 7 contains tome 5. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 6. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; and in Mitchell's hand but crossed-out: "This should be marked Tom. I.". Manuscript inscriptions in John Mitchell's hand on vol. 2 front fly-leaf: "M." and "This should be marked Tom. 2.". Manuscript inscriptions in John Mitchell's hand on vol. 3 front fly-leaf: "M." and "This should be marked Tom. 3.". Manuscript initial written by John Mitchell on vol. 4 front fly-leaf: "M.". Manuscript inscriptions in John Mitchell's hand on vol. 5 front fly-leaf: "M." and "La Planche des convulsionaires de France est au Commencement de ce Tome. & son Explication à pag. 187*". Manuscript initial written by John Mitchell on vol. 6 front fly-leaf: "M.". Binding: eighteenth-century half-bound sheepskin with grey paper over boards (original publisher's temporary binding?); very rough; sewn onto seven raised bands; gilt title and vol. number lettered directly onto spines. Untrimmed edges.
Makers and roles
Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733), artist and engraver Jean-Frédéric Bernard (1683-1744), editor Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière (1662-1746), editor Pierre Lebrun (1661-1729), editor Jean-Baptiste Thiers (1636-1703), editor Jacques Abbadie (1654 - 1727), author Richard Simon (1638-1712) , author Jean-Frédéric Bernard (1683-1744), publisher