71 - [ANONYMOUS]. *The Adamite, or The Insensitive Jesuit*. A New Doctrine. Cologne: Le Sincère, 1682.

[ANONYMOUS]. *The Adamite, or The Insensitive Jesuit*. A New Doctrine. Cologne: Le Sincère, 1682. In-12, green morocco, decorated ribbed spine, wide border and gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt roulette on the edges and interior, gilt edges (early 19th-century binding signed by Simier). A rare first edition of this anonymous, daring pamphlet—a parody of a Quietist doctrine—directed against a Jesuit named Father Roche. He was teaching the nuns of Reims a theology that was, to say the least, peculiar, advising them to undress. He argued that the less shame they felt about being naked, the closer they would come to Adam’s state before the Fall—that is, to a state of innocence. It is illustrated with a frontispiece depicting Father Roche speaking to three nuns behind a grille. A fine copy in morocco leather bearing the cipher of Louis XVIII, signed by Simier, bookbinder to the King.