"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. ". Date: 1728.
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