A pictorial and descriptive view of all religions
Subtitle: 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: By Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, A.M. ; 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, A.M.
Contributors: Olney, J. (Jesse), 1798-1872; Ellis, L. D., publisher; Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733; MacKenzie, Colin
Publisher: Published by L.D. Ellis.
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Toronto, C.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Religions; Rites and ceremonies; Ritual; Sects; Manners and customs; Cultural Characteristics; Rites et cérémonies; Rituel; Sectes; Mœurs et coutumes
Notes: Spine title: Pictorial view of religions.

"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].

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.

The embossed design encompasses all, except the outermost border, of the stamp illustrated by Wolf no. 111.

Includes bibliographical references.

Wolf, E. Amer. embossed leather bindings, 111
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. History and religious ceremonies of the Jews; title: Pt. 2. History and religious customs of the Mahometans; title: Pt. 3. Religious tenets ceremonies and customs of the Greek and Roman Catholic Churches; title: Pt. 4. Religious customs and ceremonies of Protestant communities; title: Pt. 5. Religious ceremonies and customs of Pagan nations and tribes.