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Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. Qui contient un parallele historique des ceremonies religieuses de tous les peuples anciens & modernes, & la description de divers usages singuliers, pretendus religieux, ou qui ont quelque raport a la religion. Volume 8.: Tome Huitieme [VIII]: ...Ceremonies pratiquees dans la plus grande partie du Christianisme avec celle des anciens Grecs et Romains [&] Memoire pour servir a l'Histoire de la Fetes des Foux. Dissertation sur les Mascarades du Carnaval.
by Bernard Picart
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
A total of 24 plates pertaining to ceremonies and religious customs of Greeks and Romans. Full gilt ruled calf. Gilt particulars and decoration to spine. Gilt rolled edges and inner dentelles. Corners bumped. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Notation inked to verso of front fly; worming to edge of plate [I] at p. 109, otherwise, a nice clean copy without further markings. ; 120, 164 pages; 10 x 16 inches. Please expect possible extra postage for overseas orders due to weight and size. Additional images available upon request.
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- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3330
- Title
- Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. Qui contient un parallele historique des ceremonies religieuses de tous les peuples anciens & modernes, & la description de divers usages singuliers, pretendus religieux, ou qui ont quelque raport a la religion. Volume 8.
- Author
- Bernard Picart
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jean Frederic Bernard
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1743
- Size
- folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 18th century, Fashion, Anthropology, French, Greek, Roman, Reliogion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Greece; Rome;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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