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1860ref. 63058London, Reeves and Turner, (1860) 8vo. In publisher's original red embossed full cloth binding. Binding with wear, hinges weak, otherwise internally clean. XV, (1), 311, (1), 16 pp.
1940ref. 63015Dundee, David Winter and Son, (no year). 8vo. Twenty volumes, uniformly bound in publisher's original full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Vol. 1 with sunning, otherwise a nice, clean and complete set.
1823ref. 63026London, G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1823. 8vo. In a recent half calf binding with four raised bands. Previous owner's name to verso of front board. Title-page with a stain and light miscolouring. PLates with dampstain and brownspotting, otherwise internally nice and clean. XVI, 366 pp. + 5 folded maps.
1900ref. 00006835Des Moines Iowa: Order of the Grand Chapter 1900 10 volumes of the following years: 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1905 1911 1913 1914. Minor wear to these paper volumes. Order of the Grand Chapter paperback
1902ref. 61457San Francisco CA: The History Publishing Co. 1902. Thick folio. 11 x 13.5 in. 545 3 31 1 xiii 1 pp. Extra-illustrated title text illustrations plates rubricated initials photogravure plates preserving tissue guards rubricated initials and more throughout. Full calf on beveled boards cover decoration & ornament embossed in blind on front cover gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. expertly rebacked w/ original spine laid-back down minor repairs to corners endpapers renewed ink markings & annotations on a few pages still a VG- tight and sound copy of this very heavy tome. First edition of this lavish production detailing the founding and growth of Freemasonry Lodges in the Oregon Washington Idaho & Montana Territories and later States including specific biographical details of key personnel. The weighty work opens with a narrative of the origins of Freemasonry the Scottish Rites and the Knights Templar as well as the rise and progress of the Mystic Shrine and Eastern Star. In 1846 7 Freemasons organized and petitioned the nearest lodge in Missouri for a charter granted for the Multnomah Lodge No. 84 in the same year. The first Masonic lodge in Washington was located in Olympia in 1853 while still part of the Oregon Territory. The History Publishing Co., hardcover
ref. 103577Augsburg Sumptibus Sebastiani Eysenbarth 1748. 8vo. 178 4 pp. Wormholes in the margins worse on pp. 130-50 with some loss of text in side-notes. Worn contemporary marbled paper boards. Minimal wormholes through the boards. Sprinkled edges. From the library of the Provincial masonic lodge of Gothenburg. VD18 15299570. Wolfstieg 1351. Kloss 332 for the Italian translation. Second edition first published in 1747. This is an anti-masonic tract and especially polemic against ”Der neu-aufgesteckte brennende Leuchter des Freymäurer-Ordens.” published in Leipzig 1746. Its content is summarized by Wolfstieg as: ”Die Frmr die gefährlichte Gesellschaft der Welt sie bereiten das Kommen des Antichristen vor.” hardcover
ref. 13405American 1870s. 2pp. folio. On two leaves of yellow paper with 'PATENT' lion and unicorn watermark. Text enclosed within faint blue vertical lines. Good on lightly aged and worn paper. No record found of the publication of this item the first page of which is headed 'Opening: -' with the last section ending two thirds down the page suggesting that it is complete. A rhymed poem of 36 lines: the first section consisting of 10 lines the second of 16 lines and the third of 10 lines. The 'Opening' reads: 'Hail Thou from whom all light is shed Within whose beams we live and move Who guardest all the quick & dead And art the very source of love. Hear us who meet in brotherhood And dimly shape our lives to be A part of that which pure and good Streams ever in broad floods from thee.' The item is from an American source and the handwriting suggests America in the latter part of the nineteenth century but there is no evidence of the source or date. [American? 1870s?] unknown
1852ref. RO80207890Elie Carey. 1852. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos à nerfs, Quelques rousseurs. 511 pages. Rousseurs sur les premières et dernières pages uniquement.Dos avec titre, auteur et filets dorés. Plats et contre plats jaspés. Tranches légèrement poivrées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 366.1-Franc-maçonnerie
ref. 257561Pinted By Brother C. Downes ( Printer To The R. W. The Grand Lodge Of Ireland ) - Sold By William F. Graham And Son Dublin 1820 In-8 ( 220 X 135 mm ) de CLI-128 pages, veau caramel, dos lisse orné de motifs estampés à froid, ( reliure de l'époque ). Des bibliothèques Charles L. FLINT ( ex-libris manuscrit sur le faux-titre ) Thomas M. WOODHEAD ( Ex-libris ) et de Patrick-André CHENE Grand Archiviste du Suprême Conseil de France ( Ex-Libris ). Reliure anciennement et habilement restaurée.
ref. 259525Monrocq Lith. - A. Perdiguier, Editeur S.L. S.D. (vers 1860) LITHOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE en couleurs ( 590 X 435 mm ) sous passepartout et verre dans un encadrement en acajou ( 720 X 565 mm ), représentant LE PERE SOUBISE, fondateur des Compagnons passants Charpentiers du Devoir, des Couvreurs et des Plâtriers, tenant un plan d'architecte et un compas. Derrière lui, six scènes encadrées représentent les étapes de la construction du temple de Salomon. A ses pieds, plusieurs objets symbolisant le compagnonnage ( maillet, canne, truelle... ). Très belle gravure d'époque en très bel état. ( Ancienne Collection Francis LAGET ).
1766ref. 90611766 Amsterdam, 1766. Un volume in-12° de XXXIX+[1]+383+[1] pages, orné dun frontispice, dune vignette de titre et de cinq planches dépliantes. Reliure de lépoque en pleine basane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges (petites fentes à la base des charnières). Larudan est un pseudonyme dont on ignore qui était le porteur.
1747ref. 90621747 Amsterdam, 1747. Un volume in-12° de XXXIV+[2]+445+[3] pages, orné dun frontispice, dune vignette de titre et de cinq planches dépliantes. Reliure de lépoque en pleine basane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges (léger accroc à la coiffe supérieure). Larudan est un pseudonyme dont on ignore qui était le porteur.
1786ref. 90591786 Francfort et Leipzig, s.n.e., 1786, édition bilingue avec les textes français et allemand en regard. In-12° de [8]+374+[2] pages. Reliure moderne en demi-parchemin, pièce de titre en veau brun.
1895ref. 49534Boston: A.A. Rothenberg & Co. 1895. Oblong thick folio. 14 x 11 in. 499 9 pp. Illustrated title over 2000 text photos photo illustrations illustrations. Original publisher’s padded pebble-grain brown morocco gilt illustration of Knight Templar on front cover lettering gilt lettering on spine a.e.g. w/ original gift box & lid hinges reinforced with cloth tape NF/G copy w/ original issue of the August 27 1895 issue of the Boston Herald devoted to the Encampment laid-in. First edition of this spectacular and scarce work visually chronicling this massive meeting of over 40000 Freemason Knights Templar in Boston during the Gilded Age. This Conclave was the height of pomp and circumstance for the Philanthropic Chivalric Order of Freemasons and they seem to have taken over the entire city. The New York Times notes that “Boston has seldom if ever been so elaborately decorated. Practially every building along the line of the march besides many of the side streets is clothed in color with appropriate mottoes and Masonic emblems intertwined with streamers and bunting.” This spectacular work depicts the 1000s of the participants participating lodges the special Masonic badges and ribbons for the event regalia the active lodges in Boston at the time and more. The California Commandery was one of the earliest to arrive in their specially equipped train who upon mounting their horses was escorted through the city by the Boston Commandery. Worldcat locates 2 copies. A.A. Rothenberg & Co., hardcover
1785ref. 69714Venezia: Presso Leonardo Bassaglia; Presso Gian Francesco Garbo 1785. Leather Bound. Very Good. 95; 370; 352pp. Duodecimo 18.5 cm Mottled leather with gilt stamping on the spine. Publisher's red stain to the text block edges. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and chipping to the leather at the extremities. Underlying boards exposed periodically along the edges. Very occasional light foxing to the pages. Small loss from bottom margin corner of p. 117/18 of second work. Regular errors in the printing of page numbers but no text missing. Italian text. This copy is from the personal library of Kent Walgren Mormon scholar bookseller and author of the definitive bibliography of freemasonry with his brief markings in pencil on the front free endpaper. Pages exceptionally bright. Text only no plates or lodge plan. Opens with a rare work on Freemasonry written anonymously. Followed by parts 3 and 4 of Pluquet's work on Christian heretics translated by Tomasso Antonio Contin. Presso Leonardo Bassaglia; Presso Gian Francesco Garbo unknown
1785ref. 69714Venezia: Presso Leonardo Bassaglia; Presso Gian Francesco Garbo 1785. Leather Bound. Very Good. 95; 370; 352pp. Duodecimo 18.5 cm Mottled leather with gilt stamping on the spine. Publisher's red stain to the text block edges. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and chipping to the leather at the extremities. Underlying boards exposed periodically along the edges. Very occasional light foxing to the pages. Small loss from bottom margin corner of p. 117/18 of second work. Regular errors in the printing of page numbers but no text missing. Italian text. This copy is from the personal library of Kent Walgren Mormon scholar bookseller and author of the definitive bibliography of freemasonry with his brief markings in pencil on the front free endpaper. Pages exceptionally bright. Text only no plates or lodge plan. Opens with a rare work on Freemasonry written anonymously. Followed by parts 3 and 4 of Pluquet's work on Christian heretics translated by Tomasso Antonio Contin. Presso Leonardo Bassaglia; Presso Gian Francesco Garbo unknown books
ref. 71869Charleston 5641. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. 861pp. Large octavo 23.5 cm Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped lettering on the spine. Gilt stamped Masonic emblem on spine and front board. Although difficult to see in online picture spine is heavily sunned gilt still quite bright. Cloth at the spine ends slightly frayed. Endsheets spit along the hinges and the hinges are going. Pages mildly toned with age. Albert Pike 1809-1891 was a key figure in the development of Masonry in Arkansas and went on to become a national figure of the organization. His "Morals and Dogma" originally published in 1871 is still in print today. hardcover
ref. 71869Charleston 5641. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. 861pp. Large octavo 23.5 cm Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped lettering on the spine. Gilt stamped Masonic emblem on spine and front board. Although difficult to see in online picture spine is heavily sunned gilt still quite bright. Cloth at the spine ends slightly frayed. Endsheets spit along the hinges and the hinges are going. Pages mildly toned with age. Albert Pike 1809-1891 was a key figure in the development of Masonry in Arkansas and went on to become a national figure of the organization. His "Morals and Dogma" originally published in 1871 is still in print today. hardcover books
1864ref. 18401NY: Clark & Maynard. Fine. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. The only defect is one small bug hole through the front hinge. Original cloth is bright and clean as it was 150 years ago. Original owner's name and lodge on the endpapers in Illinois. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 4278 pages . Clark & Maynard hardcover
ref. 022540Pierre Zaccone, Histoire illustrée des Francs-Maçons. Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1867. In-4, 142p [mal chiffrées 140]. Edition originale d'une très grande rareté de cette histoire des francs-maçons, dans une édition populaire (sur deux colonnes) destinée à la vulgarisation mais qui fut saluée à l'époque pour son sérieux. Caillet (n°11567) dit qu'il est « assez bien fait et contient des documents intéressants pour l'histoire de la Franc-Maçonnerie et des sociétés de secrètes qui s'y rattachent - Cagliostro, Philosophes Inconnues, Rose-Croix, etc. ». La fin de l'ouvrage porte une liste des loges avec les noms des vénérables. L'ouvrage avait été publié en 6 livraisons. Provenance : Loge de la Parfaite Harmonie, à l'Orient d'Abbeville. Cachet répété sur la couverture et le titre. Broché, non rogné, petits défauts en bordures, petites déchirures à la couverture. Quelques cahiers un peu jaunis. Très rare ouvrage. [X]
1948ref. 29426Paris, Grande Loge de France, 1948 à 1964. Ensemble de 70 revues au format pt in-8 (213 x 138 mm) d'une soixantaine de pages chacun (environ), agrafés.
1785ref. 167321785 br. dans son papier de reliure d'origine, non rogné. in-16, 98pp., Philadelphie chez Philarethe, rue de l'Equerre à l'A-plomb. 1785
ref. 20786Lyon, Rusand, [s.d.] ; in-8, broché, 59 pp., couverture gris-bleu muette.
1791ref. 20133Lyon, chez Rosset et Dombey, 1791 ; in-8 (215 mm), broché ; 60 pp., couverture d’attente bleu collée à une feuille de passe. (sign A-C8, D6).
1709ref. 20776A Cologne, s.é., 1709 - A Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau, 1701 ; Imprimé aux dépens de l'auteur et se trouve à La Haye, chez Etienne Louis Saurel, 1752. 3 ouvrages reliés en un fort vol. au format in-16 (142 x 87 mm) de 1 f. bl., 4 ff. n.fol., 280 pp. et 5 ff. n.fol. ; 55 pp. ; 94 pp., 1 f. n.fol., viii pp.et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau marbré blond, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné d'un double filet d'encadrement doré, doubles filets dorés, larges fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin miel, titre doré, palette dorée en queue, filet doré sur les coupes, toutes tranches rouges.