Freemasonry. Irruption of the Ocean, in the part of the Globe called today the Mediterranean, a poeme lirique-allégorique, composed by F.*. FÉLIX-NOGARET, of the Academies of Angers and Marseilles, Librarian of Madame the Countess of Artois, Member of the R.*. L.*. of Patriotism at the O.*. of the Court; and set to music by F.*. GIROUST, Superintendent of the King's Music, and Master of the Music of the Chapel of His Majesty. Printed at the Champs Elisées, and found at the Castor and Pollux Brothers, 5784. In-8 of 20 pp. stapled, waiting cover. Very rare. Unknown to Caillet.

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