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Jean Frederic Bernard and Bernard Picart, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World) in Amsterdam from 1723 in seven volumes.
Jean Frederic Bernard and Bernard Picart, two Protestant refugees from France published an outstanding work, the Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World) in Amsterdam from 1723 in seven volumes. The book, which has more than 3000 pages and over 250 engraved illustrations, is revolutionary in the sense that it compares and relativizes the religions of the world. The publication turned out to be a great success in spite of the fact that the Catholic Church found it too offensive and put it on the list of Prohibited Books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum).
In 1731-1733, it was published in English by Nicholas Prevost "with very considerable amendments and additions". The opening on display is an engraving by Picart depicting the interior of the Sephardi synagogue in Amsterdam.
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