Histoire des Societes secretes, politiques et religieuses. L'Inquisition, les Jesuites, les Francs-Juges, les Templiers, les Francs-Macons, le Conseil des Dix, les Carbonari, les Etrangleurs, etc. suivie d'un precis historique sur le compagno...

Paris, Morel, 1847 - 1849. 4to. Five volumes uniformly bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards and spine-ends with scratches. End-papers with previous owner's stamp (Isidor Lundgren, Stockholm). Internally with occassional brownspotting. 396 pp. + 9 engravings (4), 395 pp. + 9 engraved plates (4), 396 pp. + 6 engraved plates. (4), 496 pp. + 6 engraved plates. 443 pp. + 2 engraved plates. Wanting half-title and title-page (for some reason this set is often missing title-page). in Vol. 1, but with all 32 plates present.

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First edition of Zaccone's popular work on secret societies. Wolfsteig 1814