1811 1ed Persecution Hippolyto Freemasons Masonic Portuguese Inquisition BRAZIL

1811 1^ed Persecution Hippolyto Freemasons Masonic Portuguese Inquisition BRAZIL

Hipolito Jose da Costa Pereira Furtado de Mendonca (1774–1823) was a Brazilian journalist and diplomat. He is remembered for his persecution by the Inquisition and his subsequent rescue by English brethren “who got him under the protection of the British flag.” As author of History of the Dionysian Artificers, published posthumously in 1820, he attempted to draw parallels between masonic initiation and those of the Orphic mysteries of Eleusis.

This 1811 first English edition of ‘A narrative of the persecution of Hippolyto Joseph da Costa’, a translation (possibly by Costa himself) of “Narrativa da perseguicao”, published in London in the same year is a two-volume set with a portrait of Hippolyto himself on the frontispiece.

Item number: #7305

Price: $750

HIPOLITO, Jose da Costa

A narrative of the persecution of Hippolyto Joseph da Costa Pereira Furtado de Mendonca, a native of Colonia-do-Sacramento, on the river La Plata ; imprisoned and tried in Lisbon, by the Inquisition, for the pretended crime of Free-masonry. : To which are added, the bye-laws of the Inquisition of Lisbon, both ancient and modern, (never before published,) taken from originals in one of the royal libraries of London. In two volumes …

London : Printed and sold by W. Lewis … and may be had of Sherwood, Neely, and Jones … and of all other booksellers., 1811.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 2 volumes
  • 1: [3], 348
  • 2: [xxviii], 344
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21cm x 14cm)
• Very rare with auction estimates and price comparisons at $1800

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