The Admission of their Youth to the State of Manhood. L’Inititiation des Jeunes, Gens receus au rang des Hommes. Interment of the Cafers and Hottantots. Les Funerailles des Cafres et Hottantots.

Engraving of Kafffr’s and Hottantots from Picart’s famous series on the religions of the world.

It presented religions, even those of the “idolatrous peoples” as
even-handedly as possible. It argued for religious toleration by showing
the ill effects of fanaticism, wherever it could be found, and by
praising those religions, such as Islam, that offered toleration to
others. At a time of widespread anti-Semitism, it offered one of the
most sympathetic portraits then available of European Jewry.

In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde
(1723–37) set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a
lasting visual template for representing the world’s religions. 

From Picart’s, Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde.

Reference: Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob, and Wijnand Mijnhardt, Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion. 2010