EDGE OF BALLOON (L.B.). The Truth of the... - Lot 30 - Euvrard & Fabre

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EDGE OF BALLOON (L.B.). The Truth of the... - Lot 30 - Euvrard & Fabre
EDGE OF BALLOON (L.B.). The Truth of the miracles performed through the intercession of Mr. de Paris, demonstrated against Mr. Archbishop of Sens. Cologne, les Libraires de la Compagnie, 1739-47; 2 vols. in-4, granite-brown calf, title coins on spines with ornate nerves and gold. (Rel. of the period). 28 engraved plates (out of 31) including one in frontispiece, illustrating "miraculous" manifestations. Convinced of the reality of the convulsive prophecies and ardent defender of the miracles operated by the intercession of the deacon Pâris, Carré de Montgeron undertakes in 1732 clandestinely this work which will take him more than 10 years and will cost him his freedom. A few hours after having offered the first volume to the King and the Duke of Orleans, he was arrested and imprisoned by letter of seal at the Bastille where he would remain for the rest of his life. The entire first edition of his work, 5,000 copies, is burned in the ditches of the Bastille. The first volume bears the mention third edition and the second the mention New edition revised and considerably increased by the author. The work is complete in 3 volumes. Browning and soiling. Marginal lack on three leaves in volume 2.
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