ROBISON, JOHN.

Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe, Carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free Masons, Illuminati and Reading Societies. Fifth Edition.

Dublin, Watson and Son, 1798.

8vo. Uncut in the original blank boards, rebacked. Boards with wear. Previous owner's name to upper margin of title-page. Internally with occassional brownspotting. Overall a good copy. (4), 530 pp. 

Rare fifth edition of this highly influential conspiracy treatises in which Robinson claim that the revolutionary upheavals in Europe were not spontaneous, but the result of a coordinated and secret programme orchestrated through the secret networks of Illuminati and Freemasons. It represents one of the earliest systematic attempts to demonstrate the existence of an international conspiracy directed against religious institutions and governments.

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