18th century
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A remarkable account of a meeting between the French actors Fleury and Dugazon, with the famous alchemist and Freemason Count Alessandro Cagliostro.
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One of the most intriguing engravings of the 18th century shows an elegant lady holding a sword and staff, wearing a cross of the military order of Saint-Louis and, more bizarrely, wearing a Masonic apron. The engraving is entitled ‘La Découverte ou la Femme Franc-Maçon’ – roughly translated as ‘The Discovery of the Female French
Philippa Lee 