The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World

To the Reverend & Very Learned Sir

Mr. B. van der Feen.

Minister of the Dutch Reformed Congregation Dutch: Nederduitsche Hervormde Gemeente, the historically dominant Protestant church in the Netherlands
of Middelburg in Zeeland; this copy
of Moubach’s Religious Customs of all the Peoples
of the World original: Moubachs Godsdienstpligten van alle volken der Wereld; this refers to the Dutch edition of a famous 18th-century encyclopedia of world religions, originally illustrated by Bernard Picart is respectfully offered and gifted
by His Friends, on the occasion that His Reverence
has declined the call to the Haarlem Congregation In the Dutch Reformed tradition, a "call" (beroeping) is a formal invitation for a minister to leave their current post and lead a new congregation; here, the friends are celebrating his decision to stay in Middelburg,