[Rarebooks] Religious Ceremnonies and Customs...1836, Charles Goodrich

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For your consideration:
Goodrich, Charles A.; Illustrated By Bernard Picart; Religious Ceremonies 
And Customs Or The Forms Of Worship. To Which Is Added A Brief View Of Minor 
Sects... ; Hutchison and Dwier, Hartford, 1836, Full calf.:
Originally composed in French, in six folio volumes; know by the Title of 
"Picart's Religious Ceremonies and Customs," with more than 500 copper-plate 
engravings by the famous French painter Bernard Picart, [1673-1733]. This 
volume used the abridgement from the English translation (in the same number 
of volumes, large quarto's), with Picots detailed works. It is a work of 
historical reference of nations around the world from earliest records to 
this printing. Works include: History and Religious Ceremonies of the Jews: 
Fundamental Doctrines; Customs, Laws of the Ancient Jews; Religious Rites; 
Ecclesiastical Discipline, Worship, Festivals, etc.; History and Religious 
Customs of the Mahometans: Life of the Mahomet; Religious Tenents, 
Ceremonies, and Customs; Religious Tenets, Ceremonies, and Customs of the 
Greek and Roman Catholic Churches: Greek Church Proper; Religious Principles 
and Customs of the Russian Greek Church; Other Branches of the Greek Church; 
Georgian and Mingrelian Churches; Nestorian Churches; Christians of St. 
Thomas; Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Jacobites, the Copts, the 
Abyssinian or Ethiopians, the Armenians; Religious Tenents, Customs, 
Ceremonies...of the Roman Catholic Church: Sacraments of the R.C. Church; 
Holy Orders; Hierarchy. Protestant Community: Lutherans; Church of England; 
Kirk of Scotland; English and American Presbyterians; Calvinists; Armenians; 
Congregationalists; Baptists; Methodists; Quakers. Religious Ceremonies and 
Customs of Pagan Nations and Tribes: Chinese; Japanese; Tenets, Ceremonies 
and Customs of Thibetians and Tartars; Hindoos; Laplanders; Indian Tribes; 
Polynesians. A Brief view of Minor Sects: Arians; Dunkers or Tunkers; 
Humanitarians; Jerkers , or Barkers; Moravians; Sandemanians, etc.. 
Interesting illustrations of: Procession of a Turkish Wedding; 
Reconciliation of a heretic; Repast during the Feast of Tabernacles, etc. 
Map is missing. Full calf, gilt title and decorations to spine. Boards and 
spine rubbed, few scuff marks to front board. Stamped owners name to f.e.p., 
with date written in pencil. Mild foxing throughout, text nice size and very 
readable, solidly bound. 576 pp, sm 8 vo. In protective archival polyester 
wraps. $85.00
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