Volume IV of Bernard Picarts monumental Enlightenment-era survey of world religions and cultural traditions. This folio volume contains extensive discussions of the religious ceremonies and customs of China, Japan, Persia, and Africa, illustrated with numerous engraved plates by the celebrated French engraver Bernard Picart. Part of the landmark Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World, one of the earliest major comparative studies of world religions and a significant work in the history of religious tolerance and cultural scholarship.

Published in London in the 1730s by Claude Du Bosc, this volume is richly illustrated with copperplate engravings, including several folding plates, and remains one of the most visually impressive and influential works of the eighteenth century.

Very good condition for its age. Binding remains sound and attractive. Pages are clean and well preserved with expected light signs of age. A handsome example of this highly desirable folio volume, prized by collectors of religion, travel, anthropology, engraving, and Enlightenment history.

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