Chinese Deities

Book Title: Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / représentées en 243. figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques, & curieuses par M. l'abbé Banier, & par M. l'Abb'e le Mascrier.

Author: Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741

Image Title: Chinese Deities

Description: Depictions of Chinese deities (including philosophers Laozi, the Buddha, and Confucius, who are placed among the gods) and the second and third orders of deities, based off the work of Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680).

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