Denis Diderot: The Indiscreet Jewels or The Traitors (Les Bijoux indiscrets). This frivolous tale depicts the scandalous confessions of the ladies at the court of the bored Sultan Mangogul, who forces them to involuntarily reveal their love affairs with his magic ring. First published: Paris 1748. Print of the first German translation by J. B. von Knoll: Augsburg 1776. Complete new edition with a biography of the author. Edited by Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. The text is based on the edition: Denis Diderot: The Indiscreet Jewels or The Traitors, Munich: Georg Müller, 1921. The pagination of the above edition is meticulously included as marginal notes in this new edition. Cover design by Thomas Schultz-Overhage using the image: Lovis Corinth, The Black Mask, 1908. Set in Minion Pro, 11 pt.