Some

Original Writings

original: "Originalschriften"

of the

Order of the Illuminati,

original: "Illuminatenordens"

which were found in the possession of the former

Government Councilor Zwack

Franz Xaver von Zwack (1755–1843) was a prominent member of the Illuminati—known by the pseudonym "Cato"—whose seized papers became the primary evidence against the order.

during a house search conducted

original: "Hausvisitation"

at Landshut on October 11 and 12, etc.,

The abbreviation "2c." is an archaic German form of "etc."

1 7 8 6.

found.

By Supreme Command

of His Electoral Serene Highness

original: "Seiner Churfürstlichen Durchleucht." This refers to Karl Theodor, the Prince-Elector of Bavaria, who sought to suppress the Illuminati as a threat to the state and the Church.

released for print.

Munich,

at Johann Baptist Strobl, 1787.

Johann Baptist Strobl was a Bavarian publisher who, despite initial sympathies for the Enlightenment, became the official printer for these anti-Illuminati exposés.