[CADIÈRE CASE]. Recueil général des pièces contenues au procès du Père Jean-Baptiste Girard jésuite... et de Demoiselle Catherine Cadière, querellante. Aix, David, 1731. 5 volumes in 6 volumes in-12, brown calf, spines decorated (Bindings of the period). 5 frontispieces. This famous affair aroused the curiosity of many writers, historians and novelists from 1731 to the present day. Catherine Cadière, then aged 19, was seduced by the Jesuit Girard, aged 48. Manipulated by her brothers, insane and hysterical, she was accused of witchcraft in 1731. Her partly staged convulsions attracted the attention of the courts. A first judgement condemned her to the gallows. She was exonerated by a second judgement. - Bound at the end of the last volume: [BEL (J. J.)]. Le Nouveau Tarquin Comédie en trois actes. S.l.n.d; 48pp. Joint: Recueil général des pièces contenues au procès de M. le Marquis de Gesvres et de Mademoiselle de Mascranni son épouse. Rotterdam, 1714; 2 volumes in-12, contemporary calf, spine decorated. Famous trial concerning impotence, frigidity, virility and virginity, the cohabitation of impotent spouses, with visits by experts, etc. Ex-libris Bernard de Noblet comte de Chenelette. Enclosed: Lettre de M. Chauvin, médecin à Madame la Marquise de Senozan, sur les moyens dont on s'est servy pour découvrir les complices d'un assassinat commis à Lyon le 5 Juillet 1692. Lyon, De Ville, 1693. In-12, contemporary calf. A wine merchant and his wife had their throats slit in Lyon in July 1692 and their money stolen. Their bodies were found in the cellar thanks to the rod of a dowser, the accomplices were found thanks to the same rod. Rare and curious. Set of 9 volumes.