Rossignol de Vallouise [Jean-Joseph ROSSIGNOL]
[IMPRESSION DE TURIN] Des Prodiges arrivés à Rome en 1796[TURIN PRINTING] Wonders Occurring in Rome in 1796]
De l'Imprimerie de la Cour d'Appel|Turin 1807|12.5 x 20.5 cm|Broché
Rare first edition, illustrated with two vignettes: one on the title page and another at the head of the opening text leaf (cf. Backer & Sommervogel VII, 185, no. 58.)
See Brunet, "Recherches sur les imprimeries imaginaires, clandestines et particulières", p. 19.
Printed on the private presses of the Turin Court of Appeal, the work offers a detailed account of the miraculous phenomena reported in Rome between July 1796 and January 1797. The author rebuts, in particular, the sceptical reactions of the "fiers à bras du philosophisme".
Our copy is preserved in its original drab paper wrappers, the spine cracked, the covers soiled, a few spots, a pale dampstain at t
€850