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xii, 348 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 23 cm

Marriage customs in many lands / by the Rev. H.N. Hutchinson ; with many illustrations.

310 (i. e. 343), 5 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

An essay concerning marriage / To which is added, an historical account of the marriage rites and ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans, and our Saxon ancestors, and of most nations of the world at this day. By Mr. Salmon.

<p>The bride sits in the centre, dressed in a white veil and hood, in the company of a bare-breasted woman identified as a bridesmaid or Venus</p>

The "Aldobrandini wedding": a group of women prepare a young bride for her marriage. Engraving by A. Mochetti after Aloysius Agricola after a fresco painting.

1 print : lithograph ; image 24.8 x 20.9 cm

Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

566 pages, 44 unnumbered pages : engr. t.page ; (12mo)

De veteri ritu nuptiarum et jure connubiorum / Barnabas Brissonius, Antonius [et] Franciscus Hotmanus.

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Marriage rites, customs, and ceremonies, of all nations of the universe / By Lady Augusta Hamilton.

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Pelican anthropology library

Kinship and marriage : an anthropological perspective / Robin Fox.

<p>The guests shower the bride and groom with flowers</p>

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 15 x 20.6 cm

A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.2 x 27.6 cm

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

Sex problems in India : a scientific exposition of sex life and some curious marriage customs prevailing in India from time immemorial to the present day / by N.S. Phadke ; foreword by Margaret Sanger.

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Marriage customs in many lands / by the Rev. H.N. Hutchinson ; with many illustrations.

An essay concerning marriage / To which is added, an historical account of the marriage rites and ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans, and our Saxon ancestors, and of most nations of the world at this day. By Mr. Salmon.

The "Aldobrandini wedding": a group of women prepare a young bride for her marriage. Engraving by A. Mochetti after Aloysius Agricola after a fresco painting.

Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

De veteri ritu nuptiarum et jure connubiorum / Barnabas Brissonius, Antonius [et] Franciscus Hotmanus.

Marriage rites, customs, and ceremonies, of all nations of the universe / By Lady Augusta Hamilton.

Kinship and marriage : an anthropological perspective / Robin Fox.

A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

Sex problems in India : a scientific exposition of sex life and some curious marriage customs prevailing in India from time immemorial to the present day / by N.S. Phadke ; foreword by Margaret Sanger.

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Marriage customs in many lands / by the Rev. H.N. Hutchinson ; with many illustrations.

An essay concerning marriage / To which is added, an historical account of the marriage rites and ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans, and our Saxon ancestors, and of most nations of the world at this day. By Mr. Salmon.

The "Aldobrandini wedding": a group of women prepare a young bride for her marriage. Engraving by A. Mochetti after Aloysius Agricola after a fresco painting.

Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

De veteri ritu nuptiarum et jure connubiorum / Barnabas Brissonius, Antonius [et] Franciscus Hotmanus.

Marriage rites, customs, and ceremonies, of all nations of the universe / By Lady Augusta Hamilton.

Kinship and marriage : an anthropological perspective / Robin Fox.

A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.

Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.

Sex problems in India : a scientific exposition of sex life and some curious marriage customs prevailing in India from time immemorial to the present day / by N.S. Phadke ; foreword by Margaret Sanger.

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