BARBERI (Giovanni). Procès de Joseph Balsamo,... Lot 45
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[BARBERI (Giovanni)]. Procès de Joseph Balsamo, surnommé le comte de Cagliostro, commencé devant le tribunal de la S[ain]te Inquisition en décembre 1790, & jugé définitivement par le pape le 7 avril 1791. Avec des éclaircissemens sur la vie de Cagliostro, & sur les différentes sectes de Francs-Maçons. À Liège, chez J. J. Tutot, 1791. In-12, brown shagreened basane, smooth spine partitioned and decorated with gilded geometrical motifs with green title page (period binding).
(2 of which the second is blank)-295-(one blank) pp; worn binding with slightly stained spine and tear to title-piece, small marginal wetnesses.
French translation of this work originally printed in Italian by the Imprimerie de la Chambre Apostolique, shortly before 1791, under the title Compendio della vita, e delle gesta di Giuseppe Balsamo denominato il conte Cagliostro che si è estratto dal processo contro di lui formato in Roma l'anno 1790. INCLUDES TWO CHAPTERS ON THE EGYPTIAN MASONRY FOUNDED BY CAGLIOSTRO.
Portrait-frontispiece of the Count of Cagliostro engraved on copperplate outside the text.
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