THESAURUS MAXIMUS DOUZETEMPS (Duzedaïn). Le Mystère... Lot 233

THESAURUS MAXIMUS DOUZETEMPS (Duzedaïn). Le Mystère de la Croix, affligeante et consolante, mortifiante et vivifiante, humiliante et triomphante de Jésus-Christ et de ses membres écrit au milieu de la croix au-dedans et au-dehors par un disciple de la Croix de Jésus Très bel et rare exemplaire édité chez I. Ionnessov à Saint-Pétersbourg, en 1814. In-8° format, banded half-chagrin (period binding), publisher's cover preserved. Two magnificent engravings. Certainly rare in its own right as one of the most important Hermetic and mystical books, this work in Russian translation by Freemason Alexander Labzin (1766-1825) has become a fabulous rarity. The author, a French Protestant exiled in Germany, exposes the secrets of Hermeticism; it is also a profound treatise on high mysticism. The work was especially prized by Russian Freemasons and, as a result, was outlawed by the government. Ostroglazov 362 ("i i"). Guberti II 65. Sopikov 11685 (25 Rub.). Obolianinov 2646. Verestchaguine 845