CERUTTI, Joseph Antoine Joachim. Lot n° 47

Apologie de l'Institut des Jésuites. New revised & corrected edition. sl, sn, 1763. 2 volumes bound in one in-12 of VI-191-(1) pp. ; (1) f., 194-(1) pp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title-piece, red edges (contemporary binding). Library stamps on title. Covers and corners worn. New edition; the first appeared in Nancy (under the address of Lausanne) in 1762. According to Barbier (I, 248), this famous defense of the Society of Jesus was only a compilation of materials provided by Fathers Joseph de Menoux, Jean Grou and Henri Griffet; it did not prevent the dissolution of the order in France.