[VARIA RELIGION] - Lot 140

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[VARIA RELIGION] - Lot 140
[VARIA RELIGION] Collection of works: - *Heures nouvelles dédiées à Madame la Dauphine*. Containing all the offices, vespers, hymns... Paris, Soubron, 1682. In-8. Text set in red, gilt lettering, minor corner repairs on a few leaves. Later Jansenist shagreen binding, plain ribbed spine, original metal clasps missing, gilt edges. - [BERNARD (Jean Frédéric)]: History of the Religions and Customs of All the Peoples of the World. Expanded to include the history of the religions of the peoples discovered in the last fifty years; the ceremonies of certain unusual masses and processions; the convulsionaries; the history of the Inquisition; superstition; sorcerers; enchantments; the appearance of spirits; the divining rod; the Festival of Fools; the Saturnalia; religious sects; events that have occurred within the clergy and the Catholic Church in France since 1789; the origin, utility, and abuses of Freemasonry, etc. Paris, Belin, 1816. 6 tomes in 5 volumes, in-4; illustrated with 415 plates drawn and engraved by B. Picart, including 144 fold-outs. ½ fawn calfskin with period corners, smooth spines, titles, volume numbers, and gilt fillets; cap bands worn down or torn off; minor losses of leather. - Eucologe, or Church Book for Use in Paris. Paris, Associated Booksellers, 1789. In-12. Contemporary red calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, covers with rubbed gold decoration and small mosaic inlays, gilt edges, normal wear and rubbing. - Portable Historical, Geographical, and Moral Dictionary of the Bible, to Serve as an Introduction to the Reading of Holy Scripture. Paris, Musier; Auxerre, Fournier, 1756. In-8. Marbled calfskin of the period, decorated ribbed spine, cap ends worn down or torn off, normal wear and scuffing, red edges. - Complete Parish Directory for Paris and Rome. Paris, Giroux, n.d. In-16; a few color plates. Blue felt, metal initials “C. D.” on the top cover, metal trim, metal clasp, gilt edges.
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