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A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons together with some strictures on the origin nature and design of that institution.

rif. 45143London: Printed for the Author By Brother James Dixwell in St. Martin's Lane A. L. 5769. A. D. 1769. First edition. 8vo. A very good full leather binding. 8.50" x 5.50" x 0.75" 21.5cm x 13.8cm x 2.1cm . 4pp./pp.32/pp.243 p.244 . Later matching leather spine 5 raised bands gilt publication date: "1769" and recent green leather title label: "Calcott's Masonry". Polished boards edges carefully strengthened. Endpapers present. Printed title lightly soiled and foxed. Followed by a dedication and then; "A List of Subscribers Names." 32 pages. Separate half title p.135 : The Duties Of A Free-Mason In Several Charges." p.220 - p.243 mis-numbered p.244 contains the words to various songs beginning with "Solomon's Temple: An Oratorio." Clear English text throughout lightly toned foxing and a few small blemishes. A good copy of a scarce book. "Wellins Calcott saw in Freemasonry something more than a museum of Medieval relics and more than a set of convivial clubs and undertook to write a rational or philosophy on the Craft becoming thereby the first of a line of greatly distinguished Craftsmen in which were to stand Hutchinson Preston Oliver Mackey. He was born at a date not discoverable in available books; in the Minutes of one Lodge he is described as �a native of Shrewsbury county of Salop� in another as from �Salop in Cheshire.� At some date in probably the late 1750's he published A Collection of Thoughts a volume half of quotations and half of his own meditations a type of book dear to readers in that period. He had 1600 subscriptions for it before printing; and it went through five editions. In 1769 and with 1200 subscribers he published A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the Most Honorable society of Free and Accepted Masons etc. Oliver described this book so simple so gentle in spirit and with few obvious displays of the classical learning behind it �the gem of the period.� Kenning describes Calcott: �Indeed he may fully be called the father of the Masonic philosophical and didactic school.� - See An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Full title reads: "A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons together with some strictures on the origin nature and design of that institution. Dedicated by Permission To the most Noble and most Worshipful Henry Duke of Beaufort &c. &c. Grand Master. By Wellins Calcott P.M." London: Printed for the Author, By Brother James Dixwell, in St. Martin's Lane, A. L. 5769. A. D. 1769. hardcover

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A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. Written and Compiled by John W. Sherwell. Clerk Of The Company.

rif. 43619London: For Private Circulation by Harrison & Sons Printers In Ordinary To Her Majesty 1889 . First and only edition. A very good original half leather binding by Harrison & Sons. 8vo. pp.24/pp.240 . Crimson morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original presentation label laid-down to the verso of the front board: "Presented to The Right Honble Lord Viscount Cross G.CB. GCSI. by the Master and Wardens of the Saddler's Company Fred. Wm. Porter W. Master. Sadler's Hall Cheapside E.C. 20th December 1895". Armorial bookplate to front endpaper: "Eccle Riggs Library". Also loosely inserted; Original purchase invoice for Dr. Lattimore for �18.00 dated 02/05/78 from "The Bookroom First Floor 10 Green Street Cambridge." Binder's stamp to recto of rear endpaper: "Bound By Harrison & Sons St Martins Lane." Clean text throughout with numerous full-page plates some folding. A very good book. "Eccle Riggs is a country house located on Eccle Riggs a ridge of land about 0.75 miles 1.2�km to the south of Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria England. It was built in 1865 in Tudor style for Richard Assheton Cross and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. A dining-room wing was added in 1880 by the Manchester architect J. S. Crowther. It has since been used as a leisure club." - See Wikipedia Richard Assheton Cross 1st Viscount Cross GCB GCSI PC FRS DL 30 May 1823 � 8 January 1914 known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross was a British statesman and Conservative politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1874 and 1880 and 1885 and 1886. N.B.: Dr Colin Lattimore was Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers . London: For Private Circulation (by Harrison & Sons, Printers In Ordinary To Her Majesty), 1889 . hardcover

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