Modesto Rastrelli

Firenze, Per Anton Giuseppe Pagani e Comp. 1782. In-12° (190x115 mm). [2], 259 p., 2 engraved plates depicting respectively the "Method of applying torments and torture in the dungeons of the Inquisition" and "Different clothing of the guilty condemned by the Inquisition". Hardback binding with title on a cartouche on the spine

First original edition of a work published anonymously, and later placed on the Index, attributed to the abbot Modesto Rastrelli