ABSTRACT
CAGLIOSTRO'S BIOGRAPHER I F Rovereto, the essentially Italian town in the Venetian Triden-tine, found itself in the possession of the Hapsburgs in September 1788, it was in consequence of having, once upon a time, torn into shreds and made a bonfire of the standards on which the lion of
St. Mark was picked out in gold against a background of dark purple, the colour of clotted blood. Thereupon, fearing reprisals on the part of the most Serene Republic, it had had the folly to throw itself into the arms of the Emperor Maximilian.
