Rites and ceremonies - Freemasonry - Sects of the American p - Lot 581

Rites and ceremonies - Freemasonry - Sects of the American peoples PICART (Bernard) Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde ; représentées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picart ; avec des explications historiques et des dissertations curieuses. Paris, Prudhomme 1807-10. 12 volumes in 13 in folio: 2f., 423pp. ; 35 plates (including frontispiece) / 2f., 456pp. ; 33 plates / 2f., 428pp. ; 19 plates / 2f., 520pp. ; 14 plates / 2f., 316pp. ; 23 plates / 2f., 476pp. ; 27 plates / 2f.., 316pp. (+ 316 bis to 24); 44 plates / (vol. 7 bis) 2f., 528pp., 1f. ; pl. 45 to 77 (33 plates) / 2f., 443pp. ; 20 plates / 2f., 378pp. ; 16 plates / 2f., 520pp. ; 6 plates / 2f., 440pp. ; 10 plates / 2f., 550pp., IV ; 2 plates. A total of 282 plates (collation in accordance with the tables in each volume). Slight spotting in places, stain in foot margin of volume 10. Stamps of former religious library. ½ vellum, gilt titles on red headpieces on smooth spines, some professionally restored headpieces, light rubbing. New edition enlarged with a large number of additional articles on the sects that have arisen in Europe or the United States of America since 1723 (volume 7 bis: ancient peoples of Canada, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, Yucatan, Panama, Caribs, Parias, Orinoco, Brazil, Incas, Peru...); new dissertations on the worship and ceremonies of several peoples of Asia and Africa; description of the religious customs of the various nations of the Pacific Ocean and New Holland; several new plates. An important work adorned with 282 engraved plates (including a frontispiece, some with double pages). The copy we offer is complete.