The Ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world : together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses equally instructive and entertaining /

v. 1-4 bound in boards; v. 5-7, in dark brown calf, back gilt tooled and lettered with inlay of red morocco.Title-page in red and black.Vol. 4 incorrectly designated as v. 4, part 2; v. 6, part 2 also called v. 7.Title varies slightly for different volumes; imprint of v. 5-7, printed for C. Du Bosc.Translation of Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples des monde."Une compilation extraite des écrits de R. Simon, de J. Abbadie, de Dupin, de Thiers, du P. Le Brun, de Boulainvilliers, de Reland, etc."--Brunet.v. 1. Ceremonies of the Jews and the Roman Catholicks. [Part 1.] A dissertation upon religious worship. An historical dissertation on the ceremonies and customs of the present Jews, translated from the Italian of Leo of Modena by Monsieur de Simonville. A second dissertation ... in which those ceremonies, and the discipline of the Christian church are compar'd together, by F. Simon. A third dissertation ... being a supplement to the two preceding ... by ***. Part 2. On the Christian religion, according to the principles of the Roman Catholics. v. 2. A continuation of the dissertations concerning the customs and religious ceremonies of the Roman Catholicks. Historical memoirs relating to the Inquisition. v. 3. Containing the ceremonies of the idolatrous nations. On the Americans, and the conformity of their customs with those of other nations, antient and modern. The conformity of the customs of the East-Indians, with those of the Jews, and other antient nations. A discovery of the sect of the Banians ... by the Reverend Mr. Lord. On the religion and manners of the Bramins, extracted from the memoirs of the Rev. Abraham Roger. An historical dissertation on the gods of the East-Indians.--v. 4. Supplement to the preceding discourses on the religion of the Banians. A letter from Father Bouchet ... to the Right Reverend Father in God Huet. On the religious ceremonies of the natives of China and Japan. On the religion of the Persians. On the ceremonies and religious customs of the Africans.--v. 5 Ceremonies of the Greeks and Protestants.--v. 6. pt. 1. The Doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, of the Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists, Quakers, etc. pt. 2 [v. 7] Various sects of Mahometans, with an appendix of the lives of Mohammed, Omar, and Ali.Mode of access: Internet