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"Manner in which the Women in India Burn Themselves after the death of their Husband" "Manner in which they Bury Themselves alive with the corpse of their Husband" (1728)

Source: ebay, July 2003

"Picart, Bernard. 'Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, Representees par des Figures dessinees de la main de Bernard Picart: Avec une Explication Historique, & quelques Dissertations curieuses'. Tome Second. Amsterdam: J. F.Bernard, 1728. A large copper engraving from that work. The print is signed and dated in the plate by Picart."
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