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The Early History Of Freemasonry In England. By James Orchard Halliwell Esq. F.R.S. Second Edition.

réf. 38871London: John Russell Smith 4 Old Compton Street Soho Square. M.DCCC.XLIV. 1844 . A very good tight binding. 12mo. 8" x 5". Original dark brown cloth covered boards but preserving the original printed label to the front board. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Original yellow endpapers lightly soiled. Frontispiece: "Fac-simile of the first page of an ancient poem on Masonry." Followed by printed title. Text ends with a four page Glossary of ancient English words. Bound with a 24 pages of adverts for: "Valuable and Interesting Books Published Or Sold By John Russell Smith." . Clean text throughout just the odd page chip or corner crease. A very good copy of this scarce publication. "James Orchard Halliwell 1820-1889 published over 600 books during his life ranging from 16-page monographs many of which first appeared as magazine articles to a 14-volume commentary on Shakespeare. Born on June 21 1820 Halliwell was the youngest of 4 children of a successful leathercraftsman and merchant. One of his older brothers became a lawyer a profession James was to have frequent dealings with over the years. The young Halliwell was noted as a mathematical prodigy. He also had a special interest in collecting medieval manuscripts at that time still plentiful and cheap at ordinary booksellers. He combined these two traits in his writing and at 16 was producing a column of brief biographies of scientists mainly mathematicians for his school paper. These included such greats as Isaac Newton Roger Bacon Ren� Descartes and Archimedes; and also Charles Butler a notable mathematician but also Halliwell's mentor before he went on to the University. And also Euclid of Alexandria a biography that probably influenced his brief appearance in Masonic lore." - see Masonic Poets " The Halliwell Poem .It was first published in 1840 by Mr James Orchard Halliwell a non-Mason under the title �A Poem on the Constitutions of Masonry�. Mr Halliwell used the only known existing manuscript copy of the original that was kept in the King�s Library of the British Museum; before that it belonged to a well-known collector of the seventeenth century Charles Theyer. Most experts believe that this manuscript originates from between 1425 and 1450 and Mr Halliwell says that it was copied in 1390. A few other people even believe that it is a transcript of the Book of Constitutions adopted by the General Assembly held in York in 926 but this seems very unlikely. The manuscript is in rhythmic verses has 794 lines and the language is very archaic even in relation to other manuscripts of this period." - see An Outsider�s View of Freemasonry by Giles C. H. Nullens . London: John Russell Smith, 4, Old Compton Street, Soho Square. M.DCCC.XLIV. [ 1844 ]. hardcover

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Thomas Dunckerley His Life Labours and Letters Including Some Masonic and Naval Memorials of the Eighteenth Century By Henry Sadler P.M. & P.Z. Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grand Lodge of England.

réf. 42329London: Diprose & Bateman Sheffield Street; Spencer & Co.; 15 Great Queen Street; George Kenning 16 & 16A Great Queen Street W.C. 1891 . First Edition. A very good original Victorian binding. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 1.25". pp.24/pp.316/2pp. - Adverts. Blue cloth over bevelled boards with bright gilt titles to front board and to spine wear to top and tail of spine and edges rubbed. Brown patterned endpapers illustrated owner's bookplate Peter Saunders to verso of the front board: Clean text throughout with subscriber's list and adverts at the end. 4 plates as called for: Portrait frontis of Dunckerley; Portrait of Frederick Prince of Wales; Portrait of King George II.; and Dunckerley's Seal of the Knights Kadosh. A very good copy of this scarce book. "Thomas Dunckerley was born on 23 October 1724 and died on 19 November 1795. After a naval career Dunckerley became a prominent freemason being appointed Provincial Grand Master of several provinces promoting Royal Arch Masonry introducing Mark Masonry to England and instituting a national body for Templar masonry. This was made possible by an annuity of �100 rising to �800 which he obtained from King George III by claiming to be his illegitimate half brother. Albert Mackey blamed Dunckerley for inventing Royal Arch Masonry and splitting the third degree in the process removing the true word of a mason to the new degree and losing the original "pure" form of the ritual forever. This is unlikely as the Royal Arch degree was worked for at least a decade before Dunckerley's initiation. He published a number of Charges Lectures and songs related to different branches of Freemasonry. Together with Grand Secretary Heseltine and William Preston he campaigned and raised funds for the first dedicated headquarters of English Freemasonry the first Freemason's Hall. During his lifetime he held various high masonic offices: Past Senior Grand Warden of England Provincial Grand Master for the Counties above mentioned and Past Grand Master and Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons over eighteen counties. His major contribution was to the emerging "higher degrees" the Templar Royal Arch Ark Mariner and Mark degrees. Not only did he successfully promote them he organised them standardised their ritual and forced them to keep proper records. For this alone historians of Freemasonry have cause to be grateful to him." - See Wikipedia. London: Diprose & Bateman, Sheffield Street; Spencer & Co.; 15, Great Queen Street; George Kenning, 16 & 16A, Great Queen Stree hardcover

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