Ceremonies funebres de toutes les nations
By: Par le Sr. Muret
Publisher: Chez Estienne Michallet, ruë St. Jacques, à l'image de St. Paul. proche la fontaine St. Severin
Published: 1679
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Funeral customs and rites; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America; Social life and customs; Indians of South America; Rites and ceremonies; Canary Islanders; Greenlanders; Carib Indians
Notes: Chapter VII, "Funerailles des Ameriquains", p. 85-108, contains information about funeral rites in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Florida.

Chapter VIII, "Funerailles des quelques insulaires", p. 108-125, contains information about funeral rites of the Carib Indians, the natives in the Canary Islands, and the Eskimo in Greenland.

Signatures: A-M¹² (A1 verso blank) N⁴

Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Brunet 28983.

Nicholson, M.G. Pre-1900 imprints relating to America in the Royal Library, Brussels, M634.

European Americana 679/89.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum over boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.