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CAGLIOSTRO (Giuseppe Balsamo dit Alexandre, comte de): MÉMOIRE for the accused Count of Cagliostro against M. Le Procureur - Général accusateur. In the presence of M. Le Cardinal de Rohan, the Comtesse de La Motte & other co-accused. Paris, De Lottin l'aîné et de Lottin, 1786. One volume. 21 by 27.5 cm. 51 pages. Paperback, untrimmed copy, as issued. Some spotting, middle of page scorched for last 3 leaves, 1st and last leaf with small stains (not serious), and dusty. Memoir by Joseph BALSAMO, known as Cagliostro, to clear himself of involvement in the affair of the Queen's Necklace, a swindle perpetrated by Madame de la Mothe on Cardinal de Rohan, under the influence of Cagliostro. Cagliostro predicts the wildest successes if the Cardinal buys the necklace... The Necklace affair, of which the Court was innocent, unleashed a torrent of hatred towards Marie-Antoinette, and was one of the triggers of the popular anger that led to the Revolution.

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CAGLIOSTRO (Giuseppe Balsamo dit Alexandre, comte de): MÉMOIRE for the accused Count of Cagliostro against M. Le Procureur - Général accusateur. In the presence of M. Le Cardinal de Rohan, the Comtesse de La Motte & other co-accused. Paris, De Lottin l'aîné et de Lottin, 1786. One volume. 21 by 27.5 cm. 51 pages. Paperback, untrimmed copy, as issued. Some spotting, middle of page scorched for last 3 leaves, 1st and last leaf with small stains (not serious), and dusty. Memoir by Joseph BALSAMO, known as Cagliostro, to clear himself of involvement in the affair of the Queen's Necklace, a swindle perpetrated by Madame de la Mothe on Cardinal de Rohan, under the influence of Cagliostro. Cagliostro predicts the wildest successes if the Cardinal buys the necklace... The Necklace affair, of which the Court was innocent, unleashed a torrent of hatred towards Marie-Antoinette, and was one of the triggers of the popular anger that led to the Revolution.

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