Pierre Zaccone / L. tobb & Punaire - Histoire des sociétés secrètes politiques et religieuses depuis les temps les plus reculés - 1879

Beautiful illustrated edition of this work which constitutes a broad attempt to trace the history of associations, fraternities, clandestine organizations and secret movements to which the author attributes political, religious or social influence across different periods of history -

In this first volume, Zaccone focuses on the origins and ancient forms of collective secrecy, going back to the societies and groups whose rites, admission rules, ceremonies and doctrines were reserved for a restricted circle of initiates -

The author examines in particular how certain religious or philosophical communities have used secrecy to preserve their teachings, protect their members or maintain a distinction between the initiated and the rest of society -

Table of contents: The Inquisition, The Jesuits, The Assassins, The Freemasons, The Carbonari -

Pierre Zaccone / L. tobb & Punaire - History of political and religious secret societies from the earliest times to our day - 1879 - Volume I - Arthème Fayard -
544 Pages.

Condition of the binding average, the work in its red morocco half-binding, marbled boards, signs of use, some minor defects on the cover, front with damaged edges likely due to water, speckled edges, spine with gilt floral ornaments, gilded title, volume and author on the title piece -

Interior condition: overall decent, though damp stains affect the margin of the pages, the first and last pages are damaged, title page damaged, text in two columns, the work enriched with beautiful black-and-white illustrations in text and out of text including on the title according to the drawings by Tobb and Prunaire, marbled endpapers in decent condition, good overall -

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