Abbé Barruel - Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du
Abbé Barruel - memoirs for the history of Jacobinism - Published in Hamburg, by P. Fauché, - XXIV pp, 437 pp, XII pp, pp 491 - full marbled sheepskin - octavo - 12.5 x 20 cm.Condition: Upper volume missing 2, good condition, hinged JAWS shroud solids, corners bumped, back to nerves adorned with jewels, gold parts and the title parts, rare foxing, Gallery of worms on a few pages, resulting in the loss of a few letters in the volume 2, red slices. Volume 1 and 2 only, however complete set as such.Content: This book is the most documented on the secret societies in the 18th century and mainly at the time of the French Revolution: the Illuminati, the Freemasons, unknown philosophers and the Martinists. Quérard I, La France littéraire, p. 197 (pour une édition de ) - Brunet I, Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres, 672 - Cioranescu I, Bibliographie de la littérature française au XVIIIÚme siÚcle, - Caillet I, Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques et occultes, 772.Apart from the defects reported, copy in good condition. Read More