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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple library catalogs (including local catalogs, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no results for an English translation of Joséphin Péladan's 'IIe geste esthétique. Catalogue officiel illustré de 160 dessins du second Salon de la Rose + Croix'. Given the specific nature of this exhibition catalogue, it is highly likely that no English translation has ever been published.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Joséphin Péladan transformed the art world into a religious crusade with his 1893 Rose + Croix Salon. This document serves as both a manifesto for the aesthetic elite and an inventory of their occult visual defiance against modern realism.