2-361-678 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Jewish Feast of Purim or Cots', 1712 (19th century). Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia from the plot by Haman to annihilate them, as described in the Biblical Book of Esther. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II, by Reverend James Gardner, A Fullarton & Co, London & Edinburgh.