[JESUITS] - Lot 592

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[JESUITS] - Lot 592
[JESUITS] - The Jesuit Merchants, Usurers, and their Cruelties in the Old and New Continent. The Hague, Vaillant brothers, 1759. In-12: VIII, 388pp. Modern tan basane, black title on smooth spine. First edition. Rare anonymous pamphlet by a Jansenist against the Jesuits, denouncing their crimes in all parts of the world, notably in Martinique, Canada, South America and Asia, but also their crimes in terms of trade, corruption, usury, influence peddling - Les Jésuites Criminels de lèze-majesté dans la théorie et dans la Pratique. The Hague, Vaillant brothers, 1758. In-12 : 1f., XXVI, 490pp. Missing paper strip at the bottom of the title page (name of former owner cut out). Contemporary marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, headpieces slightly faded, cold fillet framing the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. First edition. Virulent attack tracing the history of the Jesuits through their seditious doctrine authorizing, arming or indoctrinating attacks and regicides (Barriere, Jean Chastel, Ravaillac...) and the story of a curious attempt to poison Louis XIV. - BERNOVILLE (Gaëtan): Les jésuites. Paris, Grasset, 1934. In-12 paperback, 334pp. - DOMINIQUE (Pierre): La politique des jésuites. Essay. Paris, 1955. In-8 square paperback, 270pp. Set of 4 volumes.
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