[Rarebooks] FS: Funeral rites of the "known world." London: 1683

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Muret, Pierre. RITES OF FUNERAL ANCIENT AND MODERN, IN USE THROUGH THE KNOWN 
WORLD. Written Originally in French... To Which Is Added, [Marcus Minucius 
Felix His Octavius; Or,] A Vindication of Christianity Against Paganism. All 
Translated into English by P[aul] Lorrain. London: Printed for R. Royston. 1683. 
Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 (the second part with its own title page dated 1682). 
(12),308;(16),126,(2)pp. Cont. calf, a bit worn, rebacked some time ago, spine & 
red morocco label both a bit scuffed.     $675.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first English edition of Muret’s important study. Pages 93-118 concern 
beliefs of the natives in the Americas. The translator, Lorrain, was a French 
teacher who was also in the service of Samuel Pepys, to whom he dedicated this 
work. Wing M3098.

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