Prussia - Germany - Freemasonry - Lot 781

Lot 781
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Prussia - Germany - Freemasonry - Lot 781
Prussia - Germany - Freemasonry RULHIERE (Claude Carloman de) - MIRABEAU (Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de) Histoire ou Anecdotes sur la révolution de Russie, en l'année 1762. Paris, Desenne, year V, 1797. (Followed by): Histoire secrète de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d'un Voyageur François, depuis le 5 Juillet 1786 jusqu'au 19 Janvier 1787. Posthumous work. Slne [Paris], 1789. (2 volumes) 2 works, one in 2 volumes, all in one volume in-8 : 3f., XXIV, 186pp., (5) - XV, 168pp. - 207pp. ½ marbled fawn basane of the period, smooth spine, green title-piece and tomaisons, gilt fillets, rubbing on boards. Attached : - GUIBERT (Comte Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de) : Observations sur la Constitution militaire et politique des armées de S. M. Prussienne, avec quelques anecdotes de la vie privée de ce monarque. Berlin, se, 1777. In-8 : 2f., 196pp. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, smooth spine decorated, red title-piece, rubbing, cold fillet on boards, gilt fillet on edges, red edges. - TRENCK (Frédéric, Baron de) : Political and critical examination of a work entitled, Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d'un Voyageur François. Berlin, se., sd. [1790]. In-8: 2f., 416pp. (dark stain in the corner at the head of the first 40 pages, with paper fading on the first 3 leaves). ½ contemporary red calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges. First edition of Mirabeau's work. Revelation of Mirabeau's diplomatic manoeuvres, written in a spirit of bitter criticism; the emperor Joseph II, king of Prussia, and especially prince Henri, were very badly treated in this work which was condemned by the parliament to be burnt by the hand of the executioner. The work contains very curious revelations on Freemasonry in the eighteenth century and particularly in Prussia (Caillet 7588). Mirabeau always denied being the author.
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