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1702251118002Amsterdam: George Gallet 1702. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. De Chertablon. SCARCE EMBLEMATA 1ST EDITION IN GERMAN ON PREPARING FOR DEATH TO REACH HEAVENLY SALVATION THROUGH JESUS <br /> <br /> TRANSLATED TITLE : Dying and inheriting that is the most beautiful preparation for death. Or the surest way to die and inherit salvation by contemplating the bitter suffering and death of our only and dearest Savior Jesus Christ <br /> <br /> Condition: GOOD COMPLETE ORIGINAL <br /> <br /> I see no other copy currently for sale and this title scarcely comes up for auction. Worldcat shows only a handful of copies held by institutions. <br /> <br /> ABOUT THE BOOK <br /> <br /> Published in 1702 by George Gallet in Amsterdam. First edition in German. Text primarily in Gothic. In contemporary full dark brown calf. Covers with blind stamped bordering and five raised spine bands. All edges speckled red. Quarto 10.5" x 8.5". Collated and complete: 22 108 pp. and all 42 copper engraved plates. A few embellished initials and chapter headers. Title page in red and black. Wide-margined thick pages.<br /> <br /> IMPORTANCE<br /> <br /> The book is an emblemata of the German Baroque literature movement of the seventeenth century through early eighteenth century. It is comprised mostly of plates of a man on his deathbed awaiting his fate on the recto of leaves and scripture from the Bible and description of the plate scene on the verso. The engravings by De Chertablon are striking in composition highly detailed and rich with religious and moral symbolism. Only two plates are actual 'Dance of Death' images the others show dynamic scenes surrounding the dying person. The remarkable thing about the depictions is that personified Death does not appear as usual as a skeleton or a mummy but as an angel. He often points to a painting in the background held by putti which depicts scenes from the Life and Passion of Christ. In a few striking scenes the path to salvation appears closed. In one instance the devil presents a list of all the sins the dying man has committed. Unlike the majority of scenes there are no angels pointing the way to salvation. The foreboding description for this scene says that faith and belief are not enough for heavenly salvation: you will be judged by your acts and deeds while on Earth. <br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR <br /> <br /> Abraham a Sancta Clara born Johann Ulrich Megerle; 1644 - 1709 was an Augustinian friar. He gained a great reputation for pulpit eloquence early on. He was appointed imperial court preacher of Vienna in 1669. The people flocked to hear him attracted by the force and simplicity of his language the grotesqueness of his humor and the impartial severity with which he lashed the follies of all social classes. <br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT <br /> <br /> GOOD for a 320-year-old book <br /> <br /> Exterior and binding: Some spine lean and front hinge cracked. Rear hinge starting to crack at its head. Binding and boards holding firm but strained in places. Heavily rubbed and worn leather that is dry and cracking and pitting. Has a beautiful texture of authentic aging. Spine label mostly perished. Multiple pen-tip sized wormholes on covers. <br /> <br /> Interior: Grubby endpapers. Toned pages. Mostly light to scattered foxing on the text block itself; heavier foxing along the gutters at times. Browning and dust along page margins. A single pen-tip sized wormhole throughout the entire text block gradually expanding to more same sized holes toward the last quartile of the book. The final leaf has about 12 pin-tipped sized holes. These holes slightly affect text and images. The plate impressions are strong and are visible on the verso and form an unintended but quite nice bordering of the descriptive text. No writing beyond a few scribbles in red on front pastedown. No marginalia or underlining. A few margin tears. <br /> <br /> All in all a beautifully illustrated scarce work of religious emblemata depicting deathbed scenes and the path to heavenly salvation. George Gallet hardcover
1797800171797. SHOEMAKER Abraham. Poulson's Town and Country Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1797. Phila.: Zachariah Poulson 1796. 24 leaves. Disbound. Complete. Light uniform toning early owner's signature on titlepage else very good. Drake 10043. Evans 31189. ESTC W22814. A list of births and deaths in the several religious societies including the "Jewish or Hebrew Church" and the "African Episcopal Church" in the city of Philadelphia from August 1 1795 to August 1 1796."--p. 42. The calendar pages include a daily record of weather and temperature for 1795. unknown
17209662Amsterdam 1720. Copper engraving 34 x 44 cm black and white trivial toning at centrefold blank verso. This early modern conception of ancient Rome published in Chatelains encyclopedic Atlas Historique and derived from Ambrogio Brambillas map of 1582 includes imaginative reconstructions of 152 principal monuments and public buildings numbered and identified in the legend with no attempt to sketch or suggest the intervening private buildings. Map unknown
171335976Nürnberg: H. Chatelein 1713. In excellent condition. 33.5 x 445 cm 13.25 x 175 inches. Original antique copper engraving uncolored as published. Geographical map contained in Volume I "Atlas Historique ou nouvelle Introduction a l'Histoire à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne" published in Amsterdam in 1713. Atlas which with its publication includes geographic maps with engravings and information of a geographic heraldic ethnographic and historical nature making the work in seven volumes very innovative. Engraved map of the Eastern Hemisphere with an inset of the Western Hemisphere in the center showing California as an island. Contains tables notes and 7 cartoons illustrating the 7 wonders of the world Henri Abraham Chatelain 1684 - 1743 a Huguenot pastor originally from Paris lived alternately in Paris London The Hague and Amsterdam. Known as a Dutch cartographer for his monumental seven-volume cartographic work Atlas Historique published with his brothers in Amsterdam. H. Chatelein unknown
1738674281738. Lugduni Batavorum : Luchtmans 1738 8° 16 445 2 36 4 pp. Titel in Rot- u. Schwarzdruck Ledereinband der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung und Rückenschild. Rare First Edition! "Kaau's incomparable work" contains good observations on skin functions it describes the process of the excretion of sweat from the sweat-glands of the skin and the motion of fluids within the body. The book also reprints his short lecture on the alchemists for which he received a gold medal from Leyden University. Abraham Kaau-Boerhaave 1815-1758 the prominent physician studied medicine at Leyden under his uncle Hermann Boerhaave. After graduating and practicing medicine at The Hague for several years Kaau-Boerhaave went to St. Petersburg where he was appointed professor of theoretical and practical medicine and pharmacy. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. See - Bodily Fluids Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School von Ruben E. Verwaal Hirsch/H. III 478/79. Waller 13832. Wellcome III 375. Wolfenb. 874. Nicht bei Josephin. Bibl. Wien u. Osler; Blake NLM p. 239 unknown
173844865London: Samuelem Luchtmans 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 448p 39p 12mo. Rebound circa mid 20th century exlibrary with all the usual markings. Rebound in brown buckrm with gift bookplate of Johns Hopkins Doctor H A Kelly/ Text clean. <br/><br/> Samuelem Luchtmans hardcover
1738M4047Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1738. 1738. 160 x 101 mm. Small 8vo. xvi 36 4 445 2 pp. Title in red and black printer's device on title headpieces floriated initials corrigenda. Contemporary tan calf raised bands red leather spine label; rubbed spine ends chipped joints and hinges reinforced with kozo. Ex library rubber stamps of the National Library of Medicine. Very good. FIRST EDITION. In this work Kaau Boerhaave describes the process of the excretion of sweat from the sweat-glands of the skin and the motion of fluids within the body. The book also reprints his short lecture on the alchemists for which he received a gold medal from Leyden University. In this copy the lecture on alchemy is bound at the front of the volume. There was a second edition Lovanni 1779. Stieda calls this "a brilliant work." Abraham Kaau Boerhaave the prominent physician studied medicine at Leyden under his uncle Hermann Boerhaave. After graduating and practicing medicine at The Hague for several years Kaau-Boerhaave went to St. Petersburg where he was appointed professor of theoretical and practical medicine and pharmacy. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Blake NLM p. 239; Hirsch III pp. 436-437; Waller 13832; Wellcome III p. 375. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1738. hardcover
1737001411Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans 1737. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo 149.86mm x 88.9mm. 1737 1738. Halfbound calf over speckled boards. Book I: First Edition. 445 p.p. 3; Book II: Separate half-title and pagination. 2 36 p.p. 3. Boards and joints worn light rubbing to edges. Early marginalia on verso of front free endpaper and p. 281. Otherwise in very good condition. Abraham Kaau-Boerhaave 1715-1758 was a dutch physician. He studied medicine at Leiden University where his uncle the famous Hermann Boerhaave was a lecturer and professor of botany and medicine. The first book is a work of perspiration through the human body. Kaau was given a gold medal by the university for his essay the Joys of the Alchemists. A satirical work his oration was in fact a mocking account of the ancient art. Principe Lawrence M. Alchemy Restored. Isis Vol. 102 no. 2. June 2011. p.p. 305-312. Samuelem Luchtmans hardcover
172053014Amsterdam. c.1720. This fascinating engraving has three views of St. Kitt's above texts in French about St Kitts and the province of Bemarin at centre and below there are three prints of fishes birds and insects of the island. Title on top edge. Chatelain's Atlas Historique in seven volumes half atlas and half encyclopaedia was a massive and important work of its time. From the Atlas Historique. Copper engraving. Fine condition Uncoloured. Size: 48 x 37 cm. unknown
1789601760Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1789. Unbound. Near Fine. Approximately 6.5" x 3.75" Dated May 29 1789 paying interest on debt. Signed by Wolcott. Cancel hole punched affecting the first letter in Wolcott's signature neat old fold very near fine. Pays Davenport One Pound as interest on his state service. Connecticut official Oliver Wolcott was a Major General and Secretary of the Treasury under Washington succeeding Alexander Hamilton and was later Governor of Connecticut. Abraham Davenport was a Colonel in the Connecticut militia but mostly served as a member of various Connecticut legislatures before and during the Revolutionary War. Davenport was lauded in the 1866 poem "Abraham Davenport" Tent on the Beach" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "And there he stands in memory to this day Erect self-poised a rugged face half seen Against the background of unnatural dark A witness to the ages as they pass That simple duty hath no place for fear. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
1787059532London: For the Author By L. Wayland 1787. Second Edition Greatly Enlarged . No Binding. Very Good. Small 8vo. SECOND EDITION. LONDON : 1787. First published in one volume 1784. . Volume 1 of 2. Hardback. No binding. Text-block tight and in very good condition. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. xlvi 334 pages. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Sm.8vo. London: Printed for the Author By L. Wayland. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> For the Author By L. Wayland unknown
17870041740London: For the Author By L. Wayland 1787. Second Edition Greatly Enlarged . No Binding. Very Good. Small 8vo. SECOND EDITION. LONDON : 1787. First published in one volume 1784. . Volume 1 of 2. Hardback. No binding. Text-block tight and in very good condition. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. xlvi 334 pages. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Sm.8vo. London: Printed for the Author By L. Wayland. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> For the Author By L. Wayland unknown
1729547681729. Collected Works of Notable Roman-Dutch Jurist Wesel Abraham van 1633-1680. Opera Omnia Antea Diversis Temporibus Seorsim Edita Nunc in Unum Corpus Redacta Nempe I. Commentarius ad Novellas Constitutiones Ultrajectinas Multarum Litium Diremendarum Causa XIV. Aprilis M. DC. LIX. Promulgatas. II. De Connubiali Bonorum Societate & Pactis Dotalibus. III. De Remissione Mercedis Propter Bellum Inundationem Aquarum & Sterilitatem. Editio Nova a Mendis Quibus Priores Scatebant Purgata. Ghent: Apud Cornelium Meyer 1729-30. Three parts each with title page and individual pagination. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled calf gilt frames to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged speckled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn residue from bookplate to front pastedown. First title page printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text. Brief later annotation to front pastedown interior otherwise fresh. $650. Third and final edition with corrections. Educated at the University of Utrecht Wesel was Counsellor to the Court of Vianen where he was a colleague of Paul Voet and fiscal lawyer to the Court of Utrecht. A solid Romanist he was also says Wessels "a great authority not only on the law of Utrecht but also on the law of Holland." Opera Omnia was first published in 1692 and it collects his principal works. The first part is a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Novellae Constitutiones of the Province of Utrecht in Dutch and Latin. The other parts address the Roman and Roman-Dutch law of husband and wife dowry community property and compensation. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America at UC-Berkeley Law School; another copy located at Harvard Law School. Wessels History of Roman-Dutch Law 316. Dekkers Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 188 4. unknown
171243188Franequerae Franeker: Ex Officina Wibii Bleck 1712. Later edition Vol. 1 First edition Vol. 2. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo 8 x 6 1/2" Vol. 1; 8 1/4 x 6 3/4" Vol. 2. 32 1134 36pp Index Vol. 1; 18 531 23 Index and Emendanda Vol. 2. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Main title in first volume in red and black lettering. Title vignette for each title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. <br /> <br /> "Observationum Sacrarum" is an impressive collection of material on "philological exegetical and theological topics which grew over the decades into an impressive six-volume set the seven and last volume was published posthumously. <br /> <br /> The collection consists largely of material prepared in connection with Vitringa's public disputations" For more information see: Charles K. Telfer's "Wrestling with Isaiah: The Exegetical Methodology of Campegius Vitringa" Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016 Page 29.<br /> <br /> This work is complete with engraver Abraham de Blois' Kabbalistic plate facing page 142 in first volume.<br /> <br /> The first volume contains the first four books of "Observationum Sacrarum." Books 2 3 and 4 have their own separate title page each dated 1711. The main title indicates that the first book is the 4th edition books 2 and 3 are the third edition and book 4 is the second edition.<br /> <br /> The second volume contains the first edition of the last two books of "Observationum Sacrarum" 5 and 6.<br /> <br /> Moderate and sporadic age-toning and soiling to bindings. Ex-library stickers to spines and bookplate on inside of each front cover. Contemporary previous owner's name Joannes Carolus de Lithe Onoldi dated 1733 on main title Vol. 1 and title page of second volume. Clear water-staining to upper part of title page in second volume. Moderate age-toning and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Bindings in overall good- to good interior in good- to very good condition. About the author: Campegius Vitringa 1659-1722 was a Dutch Protestant theologian and Hebraist. A follower of Johannes CocceiusVitringa was a supporter of prophetic theology. He was educated at the universities of Franeker and Leiden and became professor of Oriental languages at the former in 1681. When locating prophetic outcomes he would associate events to the near rather than the far-off future placing a distinct focus on the period of the Maccabees 2nd Century BC. Like Joseph Mede 1586-1638 Vitringa believed wholeheartedly that the Millennium was yet to come but did not expect any immediate changes. He relegated the end of the time to a remote future and strongly emphasized the concept of New Jerusalem From Wikipedia. Ex Officina Wibii Bleck hardcover
174212001Amsterdam Adrianus Douci 1742. 46 676 22 p. Origineel Leer met ribben goudbestempeld 4° Amsterdam, Adrianus Douci unknown
1767D11183n.p. Berlin 1767. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 160 x 90mm. 4 363 1 pages. 18th-century mottled calf marbled endpapers and edges spine ends chipped scattered stains mostly marginal. Front flyleaf with contemporary French verse inscription Sur cet coteaux depouilles de verdure; je vois courir le lievre fuigtif et loiseau mort de froide accuse la nature and ownership inscription on title Elisabeth Lagravere. <br/><br/>French translation of Sulzers theory on the origins of pleasure following a Cartesian school of thought. Zurich native Johann George Sulzer was a well-established member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and Belle-Lettres who published widely on the appreciation of art. Sulzers influence on aesthetic theory was well known within theoretical circles in late eighteenth century Berlin. Owing to the work of Descartes particularly his Passions of the Soul 1649 Sulzers work on the origins of pleasure aimed to initiate a move toward moral psychology and ethical theory within studies of the mind. Sulzer focused on the derivation of joy and gladness in the model of a Cartesian system; simply it opposed the idea of Hedonism which believed pleasure was the sole aim of humankind. Instead Sulzers theories supported a metaphysical experience within ones own cognitive condition. Sulzers work supplements the great accomplishment of many of his near contemporary theorists who contributed to the study of emotions Descartes Hobbes Malebranche and Spinoza. His work preceded that of Kants division of the mind into pleasure or pain and who with later Kant outwardly disagreed with the weakness of the proofs promulgated by Sulzer. Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a German poet and mathematician also a devout Lutheran. He was known in his professional life for compiling and reflecting on content for textbook study. Kästner translated and revised this Sulzers theoretical work on pleasure showcasing his encyclopedic interests but remains better known for his contributions on the history of mathematics and his various epigrams. hardcover
1719143633Amsterdam: L'Honoré et Chatelain 1719. Very Good. Amsterdam L'Honoré et Chatelain 1719. An engraved map printed surface 353 × 463 mm sheet size approximately 455 × 520 mm. Vertical centrefold crease as issued; a few faint spots; light creases and a few tiny closed tears about the edges well clear of the printed surface; a very good copy. From Chatelain's 'Atlas historique ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire à la chronologie & à la Geographie ancienne & moderne .'. With an inset map of the Orkney Islands. L'Honoré et Chatelain unknown
171025803Amsterdam 1710. Copper-engraved map period hand-colouring in outline. Tables upper left and along the right side. Attractive map of North America based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700.<br/> <br/> By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and mountains; the Mississippi River extends far north of its true source. The table along the right side details the various native tribes from each region with lettered references for locating on the map.<br/> <br/> Lowery 263; Phillips 579. unknown
1772LA - HAY383231772. Leipzig Johann Friedrich Gleditsch. reliés plein cuir de l'époque. Plats frottés avec épidermures et dos ridés ; page de titres avec inscriptions à l'encre d'époque et déchirure avec manque de 2 cm en bas de l'éditeur et de la date sinon bonne reliure et intérieur très frais. 2 très fort pt in-8. avec une gravure en frontispice ; dos à 5 nerfs avec motifs et titres en caractères dorés ; toutes tranches rouges. unknown
1772LA - HAY383221772. Leipzig Johann Friedrich Gleditsch. relié plein cuir de l'époque. Plats frottés avec épidermures et dos ridé ; page de titres avec inscriptions à l'encre d'époque et déchirure avec manque de 2 cm en bas de l'éditeur et de la date sinon bonne reliure et intérieur très frais. très fort pt in-8. avec une gravure en frontispice ; dos à 5 nerfs avec motifs et titres en caractères dorés ; toutes tranches rouges. unknown
177110865Leyden Johannes le Mair en Abraham Kallewier/ Leiden T. Koet 1771-1777. 74 3 8 62 8 14 1 7 1 8 15 7 30 p. Origineel goud-bestempeld Leer met ribben 8° Een bundel met zeldzame werken van en over de predikant en geliefd hoogleraar Nicolaas Hoogvliet 1729-1777. De laatste 30 pagina's bevatten diverse lijkdichten in een fraai oud handschrift overgenomen uit andere publicaties. Leyden, Johannes le Mair en Abraham Kallewier/ Leiden, T. Koet unknown
178151746Franckfurt am Mayn Johann Gottlieb Garbe 1781. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands richly gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. 141706 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates with many figs. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>The offered item is bound together with another work: Jetze Franz Christoph. geographie für Militaristen und andere zum selbstunterricht. Mit 2 Kupfertafeln. Liegnitz und leipzig David Siegert 1791. XII147 pp. a. 2 folded engraved plates. </em> hardcover
1714A5FCO31WXHODNuremberg 1714. 8vo. Johan Friedrich Rüdiger Contemporary vellum author and title in gold on spine. With a double-page engraved frontispiece engraved by Johan Lorentz Hönnig a double-page letterpress title-page printed in red and black and 95 engraved plates each depicting several animals. 26 732 72 pp. Second edition of a pre-Linnean zoological work describing in 4 parts the names appearance characteristics qualities and habitats of quadrupeds birds fishes and invertebrates together with their medicinal qualities and uses by the German physician Georg Abraham Mercklein 1644-1702. He frequently cites classical authorities in the fields of medicine and natural history like Galenus and Aristotle. Also included are some mythological animals including several kinds of unicorn p. 28 and a dragon p. 611. Ten pages are devoted to the characteristics of the silkworm pp. 678-687. At the end an index of the animals illnesses and cures.With an early owner's inscription on first flyleaf. Slightly browned some marginal thumbing or minor stains but still in very good condition. Binding slightly soiled but in good condition.l Nissen ZBI 2790; VD18 12232300; cf. Krivatsy 1772. hardcover
1737301340Amsterdam: By de Janssoons van Waesberge 1737. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Volume One only. 3357pp. 25 engravings including frontispiece complete. Woodcut vignettes. Half calf and speckled papercovered boards woth red morocco spine label gilt raised bands. Tear along the margin of the plate impression on Plate 10 joints a bit worn but still a tight very good copy. Treatise holding up a mirror to the vanities and eccentricities of women influenced by Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff Ship of Fools by a popular Decalced Augustinian monk and preacher son of a tavernkeeper known for his humor and eccentricity. A second volume was published in 1743. By de Janssoons van Waesberge hardcover
17275737The Hague 1727. Folio. Rutgert Christoffel Alberts vols. 1-3 and Isaac van der Kloot vols. 3-4; Amsterdam Hermannus Uytwerf; Rotterdam Jan Daniel Beman Contemporary gold tooled mottled brown calf with red and black morocco title and volume labels lettered in gold each volume with a central lozenge-shaped ornament on both boards surrounded by two decorative borders gold tooled board edges marbled edges. With an engraved frontispiece 8 title-pages 6 in red and black each with one of 3 different engraved vignettes plus 3 part-titles with a woodcut decoration 224 full-page engraved plates including 1 folding and 38 double-page plates an engraving on the dedication leaf in vol. 1 and a few engravings in the text. Further with several engraved headpieces woodcut tailpieces and a few woodcut decorated initials. 6 volumes vols. 3 4 & 6 in 2 parts each bound as 7. First Dutch edition of Picart's famous and richly illustrated work on religious customs ceremonies and costumes from all over the world. With its six volumes it is the most sumptuous publication ever on the religions of the world richly and beautifully illustrated with large and sometimes double-page or even folding engraved plates by the French engraver Bernard Picart 1673-1733 who lived in Amsterdam from 1708. The text was compiled from a wide range of sources including R. Simon J. Abbadie Dupin Thiers P. le Brun Boulainvilliers and Reland and edited by the Amsterdam publisher Jean Frederic Bernard for a French edition titled Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous le peuples du monde first published in 1723. It was translated into Dutch for the present edition by Abraham Moubach.The first two volumes discuss the religion of the Jews and Roman Catholics including a double-page engraving of the interior of the Portuguese synagoge in Amsterdam. The third and fourth volume deal with the religions of the "heathens" in the Americas including Mexico India Ceylon the Brahmans in India China Japan Africa and the Persians in Iran. The fifth volume concerns the Greek orthodox church and the several groups of Protestants. The last volume describes the Anglicans and smaller groups such as Quakers Mennonites Adamites Freemasons and finally Islam. Altogether the most important 18th-century survey work on the world's religions and their customs lavishly illustrated with very finely executed plates.From the library of Frederick H. Rindge 1859-1905. The boards are somewhat rubbed. The works are slightly browned and foxed throughout with the final leaves of volume 3 affected more than the others. Otherwise in good condition.l Alt-Japan-Katalog 1149; STCN 191420778; cf. Cordier Japonica col. 435; Lipperheide 1808; Sabin 62600 all French ed. hardcover
