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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS;

OR,

The Forms of Worship

PRACTISED BY THE SEVERAL NATIONS OF THE KNOWN WORLD,

FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDS TO THE PRESENT TIME;

ON THE BASIS OF THE CELEBRATED AND SPLENDID WORK OF
BERNARD PICART.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A BRIEF VIEW OF MINOR SECTS,

WHICH EXIST AT THE PRESENT DAY.

THE WORK, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, WILL NOT ONLY BE FOUND
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE AS A VOLUME FOR GENERAL READING, BUT
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AS

A BOOK OF REFERENCE.

EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS.

BY WILLIAM BURDER, B.A.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE;

R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW; TEGG AND CO., DUBLIN; AND J. AND S. A. TEGG,

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