Thiers. Critique de l'histoire des flagellans. 1703.
First edition
THIERS, Jean-Baptiste. Critique de l'histoire des flagellans, et justification de l'usage des disciplines volontaires.
Paris, Jean de Nully, 1703.
250 €
12mo (16.4x9.3 cm), (38)-420-(2) pages. binding: Contemporary full polished calf, spine in six compartments. Headcap chipped.
Curious work on the Flagellants, fanatics religious of the XIII and XIV centuries, so named because they flogged themselves in public.
First edition.
references: Caillet [III, 10635].
