‎Freemasonry‎

‎PAUL DUMONT.‎

‎La Franc-maçonnerie d'Obedience Française dans l'Empire Ottoman. Ottomanisme, mouvements nationaux et 'ideees françaises' a l'age de l'expansion coloniale de l'Europe.‎

‎New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. 186, [1] p. In French. Introduction 1. La Turquie dans les archives du Grand Orient de France : les loges maçonniques d'obédience française à Istanbul du milieu du XIXe siècle à la veille de la première guerre mondiale in J.-L. Bacqué-Grammont et P. Dumont (éd.), Économie et Sociétés dans l'Empire ottoman (fin du XVIIIe siècle-début du XXe siècle), Paris, CNRS, 1983, pp. 171-201) 2. La franc-maçonnerie ottomane et les «idées françaises» à l'époque des Tanzimat, Revue du Monde Musul-man et de la Méditerranée, nos 52-53, 1990, pp. 150-159. 3. La franc-maçonnerie d'obédience française à Salonique au début du XXe siè-cle, Turcica, XVI, 1984, pp. 65-94. 4. La franc-maçonnerie dans l'Empire ottoman : la loge grecque "Prométhée" à Jannina, Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée, n° 66, 1992/4, pp. 105-112. 5. Une langue et des idées pour changer le monde : les franc-maçonneries d'obédience française dans l'Empire ottoman in Patrick Cabanel (éd.), Une France en Méditerranée. Écoles langu et culture françaises. XIXe-XXe siècles, Paris, Creaphis, 2006, pp. 339-361. 6. Vers la formation d'une « bourgeoisie » plurielle dans l'Empire ot-toman finissant : espaces de rencontre entre juifs et non juifs dans les cités portuaires de la Méditerranée orientale au début du XXe siècle. Texte inédit. 7. Une délégation jeune-turque à Paris, Balkan Studies, n° 28/2, 1987, pp. 297-325. 8. La franc-maçonnerie d'obédience fran-çaise et la lutte d'indépendance turque (1919-1923), Cahiers du Groupe d'Etudes sur la Turquie (Contemporaine (GETCH), Paris, MSH, n°1, 1984-85, pp. 38-57.‎

‎LEO TAXIL, [Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès], (1854-1907).‎

‎[FIRST APPEARENCE in GREEK of TAXIL'S FAMOUS WORK on FREEMASONRY] Ta mysteria ton phrammasonon. Metaphrasis Vevelou.‎

‎Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Contemporary fine leather bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Greek. 1118 p., richly illustrated (b/w ills.). Period bindery label of E. Watson in London. Ex-library copy on fourth blank page. Otherwise a very good copy. First and extremely rare translation into Greek of Taxil's 'Myste`res de la Franc-Mac?onnerie'. Mysteries of Freemasonry. Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, better known by the pen name Léo Taxil was a French writer and journalist who became known for his strong anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. He is also known for the Taxil hoax, a spurious expose of Freemasonry and the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to it. Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès was born in Marseille, and at the age of five, he was placed into a Jesuit seminary. After spending his childhood years in the seminary, he became disillusioned with the Catholic faith and began to see the religious ideology as socially harmful. Taxil first became known for writing anti-Clerical or anti-Catholic books, notably "La Bible amusante" (The Amusing Bible) and "La Vie de Jesus" (The Life of Jesus), in which Taxil satirically pointed out inconsistencies, errors, and false beliefs presented in these religious works. In his other books Les Debauches d'un confesseur (with Karl Milo), Les Pornographes sacrés: la confession et les confesseurs, and Les Maîtresses du Pape, Taxil portrays leaders of the Catholic Church as hedonistic creatures exploring their fetishes in the manner of the Marquis de Sade. In 1879, he was tried at the Seine Assizes for writing a pamphlet A Bas la Calotte ("Down with the Cloth"), which was accused of insulting a religion recognized by the state, but he was acquitted. In 1885, he professed conversion to Catholicism, was solemnly received into the church, and renounced his earlier works. In the 1890s, he wrote a series of pamphlets and books denouncing Freemasonry, charging their lodges with worshiping the devil and alleging that Diana Vaughan had written for him her confessions of the Satanic "Palladist" cult. The book had great sales among Catholics, although Diana Vaughan never appeared in public. In 1892, Taxil also began to publish a paper, La France chrétienne anti-maçonnique (Christian Antimasonic France), with his staunch anti-Masonic publishing friend, Abel Clarin de la Rive. In 1887, he had an audience with Pope Leo XIII, who rebuked the bishop of Charleston for denouncing the anti-Masonic confessions as a fraud and, in 1896, sent his blessing to an anti-Masonic Congress of Trent. Doubts about Vaughan's veracity and even her existence began to grow, and finally, Taxil promised to produce her at a lecture to be delivered by him on 19 April 1897. To the amazement of the audience (which included a number of priests), he announced that Diana was one of a series of hoaxes. He had begun, he said, by persuading the commandant of Marseille that the harbor was infested with sharks, and a ship was sent to destroy them. Next, he invented an underwater city in Lake Geneva, drawing tourists and archaeologists to the spot. He thanked the bishops and Catholic newspapers for facilitating his crowning hoax, namely his conversion, which had exposed the anti-Masonic fanaticism of many Catholics. Diana Vaughan was revealed to be a simple typist in his employ, who laughingly allowed her name to be used by him.The audience received these revelations with indignation and contempt. Afterwards, Taxil left the hall, where policemen escorted him to a neighboring café. He then moved away from Paris. He died in Sceaux in 1907. First Greek Edition. Rare. Only one copy in OCLC: 758917323.‎

‎AHMED SAIB [KAPLANZÂDE], (1860-1918).‎

‎[SULTAN MURAD V'S ENTHRONEMENT QUESTION / BIOGRAPHY / CAIRO PRINTING / THE YOUNG TURKS] Tarih-i Sultan Murad-i Hamis. [i.e. History of Sultan Murad V] [SIGNED COPY].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original 1/3 black leather bdg. raised bands to gilded spine 'Usak Askerî Kulübü, the title of the book, and ornamental designs in the compartments. Crescent and star embossing on front board, Imperial Ottoman sign on the backboard. A fine binding. Marbled endpapers in western style. Light wear on spine, fading on boards, ex-owner's inscription on the colophon, and some notes and seal by Usak Askerî Klübü. Sealed by "Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti Usak Kazasi Kulüp Heyeti Idaresi: Uhuvvet - Hürriyet - Musavat" [i.e. Union and Progress Society Usak City Club Directorate: Brotherhood - Freedom - Equality]. Signed and inscribed by Ahmed Saib as 'Usak Askeri Klübü'ne hediye-i acîzânemdir. Vatanimizi kanimiz ile muhafaza ediniz'. Seal is produced in 'July 20, 1908'. Ahmed Saib was born in 1859 in Dagestan. After completing his education in military schools in the Russian Empire, he entered the service of the Ottoman Empire with the rank of captain. He was in the Sultan Abdulhamid II's Hassa Cavalry Regiment and under the aide of Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, the Extraordinary Commissioner of Egypt. Later, he left his military service and published the newspaper Sancak (1899-1907), which spread the ideas of Ottoman liberals against the tyranny of the sultan since 1899 in Egypt, in the city of Cairo, and included articles on the constitutional struggle and the political structure of the period. Murad V was the 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The question of Sultan Murad V's enthronement in 1876 was a very strategic move for the Young Turks in its period. Only three copies in OCLC: 427392804.; Özege 19913. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare.‎

‎GIBON Fénelon‎

‎L'enseignement professionnel maçonnique. Article de 19 pages dans la revue Le Correspondant.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎LEFORESTIER Hugues‎

‎Frères à abattre. Main basse sur le Grand Orient de France. Entretien avec Philippe Lobjois.‎

‎Broché. 132 pages.‎

‎NAUDON Paul‎

‎La franc-maçonnerie.‎

‎Broché. 128 pages. Format de poche.‎

‎MAC-BENAC‎

‎Ober der positive der freimaurerei. (En caractères gothique).‎

‎Broché. 113 pages. Fortes rouseurs.‎

‎UNE LOGE‎

‎Une loge révèle : Fraternité et soeurité initiatiques.‎

‎Broché. 206 pages.‎

‎HUMANISME‎

‎Numéros 183,184-185, 186, 187-188, 191, 192, 193, 194-195, 196-197, 198.‎

‎10 numéros complets.‎

‎HUMANISME‎

‎La rumeur.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎HUMANISME‎

‎Les intellectuels.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎HUMANISME‎

‎L'heure républicaine : Livre blanc.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎HUMANISME‎

‎Le travail.‎

‎Numéro complet.‎

‎WIRTH Oswald‎

‎La franc-maçonnerie rendue intelligible à ses adeptes. III : Le maître. Sa philosophie, son objet, sa méthode, ses moyens.‎

‎Broché. 270 pages.‎

‎ZIRKELKORREPONDENZ‎

‎Numéro 9-10-12(1950). 6-9-12 (1951).7-8-10-12 (1952). 9(1953).2-3(1954). 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-12(1956). 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 (1957)... 1-2-5-6-7-8-9-10 (1958). 6-7-10 (1975). 2-12 (1976). 4 (1977). 2-3-4-6-7-8-9-10-11-12(1978). 1-2-3-4-10 (1979).7‎

‎61 numéros complets.‎

‎DIERICKX Michel S. J.‎

‎Freimaurerei. Die grosse unbekannte.‎

‎Broché. 244 pages.‎

‎QUATUOR CORONATI‎

‎Jahrbuch 1976. Nr 13.‎

‎Broché. 154 pages.‎

‎QUATUOR CORONATI‎

‎Jahrbuch 1978. Nr. 15.‎

‎Broché. 199 pages.‎

‎DAS TAU‎

‎Nr. II/1982.‎

‎Broché. 57 pages.‎

‎MENGE Georg Friedr.‎

‎Geschichte der freimaurerloge. (En caractères gothique).‎

‎Relié. 344 pages. Rousseurs. Cachets.‎

‎DEUTSCHEN FREIMAURER‎

‎Es gibt nur eine freimaurerei.‎

‎Broché. 64 pages.‎

‎HOLTORF Jürgen‎

‎Die verschwiegene Brunderschaft. Freimaure-logen : Legend und wirklichkeit.‎

‎Broché. 207 pages.‎

‎KELLER Ludwig‎

‎Die geistigen grundlagen der freimaurerei und das öffentliche leben.‎

‎Reliure de l'éditeur. 172 pages.‎

‎BODE Julius Pastor‎

‎Lebbenauffassung und lebensgestaltung vier vortage gehalten. (En caractères gothique).‎

‎Broché. 80 pages. Cachets.‎

‎KELLER Ludwig‎

‎Die freimaurerei. Dritte auflage. (En caractères gothique).‎

‎Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 117 pages. Cachets.‎