Sold for:
$900
$900
[Masonry] Memorial, or Brief, for the Comte de Cagliostro, Defendant: Against the King’s Attorney-General. First English Edition. “From the French Original, published in Paris in February last; With an Introductory Preface by Parkyns Macmahon.” London, 1786. Modern quarter leather stamped in gilt. 8vo. p. [v] vi – xiii, [1] 2 – 86. Mild spotting affecting a few leaves, else a very good copy. Cagliostro, along with his wife, was imprisoned at the Bastille in August 1785 for his alleged involvement in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
