Le Vrai Cagliostro, ou le régulateur des actionnaires de la Loterie Royale

by Jacques-Julien Menut De Saint-Mesmin, Alessandro Cagliostro

$3,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: 1811 . 8vo. 240 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and 90 woodcut vignettes, one folding table. Later wrappers made from printer’s waste worn . Uncut. Old armorial stamp on advertising leaf. In good, original condition. Item #19996 First edition, the only copy located, of this monographic cheat-sheet to winning the French lottery. The text expounds on lottery operations in both Paris and Brussels, offering mathematical commentary on the

• Binding: Wrappers

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