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Description
[LITERATURE]
The Rosicrucians
PARNY (Evariste-Désiré de Forges, Chevalier de)
The Rosicrucians, a poem in twelve cantos.
Paris, Debray and Renouard, 1807.
In-12, full contemporary sheepskin binding. Smooth spine, decorated with gilt metal tools, slightly faded. (2) folios, 220 pages.
First edition of this epic poem in the medieval style of the early 19th century. The theme chosen by Parny is not unrelated to the author’s membership of the Masonic lodge of the Nine Sisters, whose activities had resumed in 1806
Cioranescu, 49104; Caillet, 8345; Ligou, 912.
A somewhat worn copy.
See original version (French)
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ID: 89135348
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