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Massoneria - Filosofia

The disillusionment of the systems of the new philosophies badly deduced from the ostentatious natural law, and landed by the unconcussed Catholic doctrine, 1778

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Florence, Stamperia dalla Croce Rossa, 1778. In 8. Frontispiece printed in red and black type, elegant copper-engraved head and a figured copper-engraved drop cap, missing front door, woodworm holes in the upper outer corner of the frontispiece and slight specks, coeval binding in calfskin, author stamped in gold within a red patch on the smooth spine, slight defects. § Together in the lot [Amidei, Cosimo]. The Church, and the Republic inside their limits. Concordia discors , S.l., 1768. In 8 °. Water streaks in the first issues, slight blooms in the last issues, contemporary parchment binding with handwritten title in red and black ink on the spine.

Specialist Notes

Rare original edition of this interesting work written by an anonymous Friulian and articulated around seven philosophical reasonings in which the Enlightenment theories of Freemasons and thinkers such as Voltaire, Boulanger, Helvetius, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Newton and Descartes are refuted.