A pictorial and descriptive view of all religions : embracing the forms of worship, practised by the several nations of the known world from the earliest records to the present time : to which is added a brief view of minor sects, on the basis of the celebrated and splendid work of Bernard Picart : Illustrated by seventy-three engravings : also a history of the Jews and life of Mahommed / by Charles A. Goodrich ; accompanied by a map of the world and chart, exhibiting the progress of the Gospel, the last eighteen centuries, the religions of the several nations on the globe with their population, extent, and missionary stations, by J. Olney.
| Author/creator | Goodrich, Charles A. |
| Other author | Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733 |
| Other author | MacKenzie, Colin. |
| Other author | Olney, J. (Jesse), 1798-1872. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto, C.W. : L.D. Ellis, 1849. |
| Description | 576 p., [37] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | pt. 1. History and religious ceremonies of the Jews -- Pt. 2. History and religious customs of the Mahometans -- Pt. 3. Religious tenets ceremonies and customs of the Greek and Roman Catholic Churches -- Pt. 4. Religious customs and ceremonies of Protestant communities -- Pt. 5. Religious ceremonies and customs of Pagan nations and tribes. |
| Local note | Scanned copy imperfect and defective: p. 20-22, 575-576 wanting; quality of pages and print is poor. |
| Local note | Religion. |
| Local note | 2012AG89200. |
| General note | "The work was originally composed in French, and was comprised in six volumes folio. Its celebrity obtained for it an English translation in the same number of volumes; and within a few years the whole has been abridged in a large quarto volume, by Colin Mackenzie, Esq. This abridgement has been chiefly used by the editor in preparing the present volume ..."--Preface, p. [3]. |
| General note | Also published under titles: Religions, ceremonies and customs, or The forms of worship, practised by the several nations of the known world [and] A pictorial descriptive view and history of all religions. |
| General note | The embossed design encompasses all, except the outermost border, of the stamp illustrated by Wolf no. 111. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 27875. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
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