BERNARD PICARD, FOUR ENGRAVED PLATES TAKEN FROM VOLUME V OF

BERNARD PICARD, FOUR ENGRAVED PLATES TAKEN FROM VOLUME V OF: "RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD" (Nos. 9, 14, 15, 18), AMSTERDAM, 1723–1743. Text in French. Plate No. 9: depiction of four figures: “Persian,” “Persian Woman,” “Attire of the Principal Barbary Pirates,” and “Desert Arab.” Engraved by B. Picard. Dimensions: 390x240 mm. Plate No. 14: depiction of four figures: “The Cadi-Leskier, Chief Justice. One is from Europe and one from Asia,” “Emir, a Man of Loyalty from the Lineage of Muhammad,” “Effendi, a Man of Loyalty in his Study,” “Imam, Minister of a Mosque.” Engraved by B. Picard. Dimensions: 400x255 mm. Plate No. 15: Emir, Chief of the Descendants of Muhammad. Engraved by A. von der Laan. Dimensions: 400x255 mm. Plate No. 18: Depiction of four figures: "The Great Emir of the Desert," "The Criminal Held in Shackles in Persia," "A Kind of Traveling Dervish," "A Monk of the Order of the Edhemites." Engraved by J. Folkema. Dimensions: 395x240 mm.