8 parts in 9 vol. in-folio (39 x 24,5 cm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 244 (of 250) plates of which several folding: first volume, 28 pl. (of 30, n° 18 and 28 are missing, frontispiece also missing); second, 33; third, 17 (of 19 pl.); fourth, 13 pl.; fifth, 24 pl. ; sixth, 45 pl.; seventh, 57 (of 58, n.5 is missing); seventh second part, 5; eighth, 22 (of 24, n°9 from the first part and n°9 from the second part missing), headpieces and illustrations in text (age-toned, severe browning in the text and occasional staining). Contemporary bindings in marbled calf, spines richly gilt, corners worn, scratches on the boards, all with gilt supra libros of the Marquis of Bouzols, marbled end-lvs
Ref. Graesse II, p.104 ; Sabin 4931. ""Description of the Religious Duties, Manners and Customs of all the Nations of the World."" Text in French. After the author's death (in 1733), a supplement appeared in 1743 about the superstitions, these are very scarce but present here. Ref. Lynn Hunt, The Book That Changed Europe, Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World (2010): They put religion in comparative perspective, offering images and analysis of Jews, Catholics, Muslims, the peoples of the Orient and the Americas, Protestants, deists, freemasons, and assorted sects
