[Freemasonry]. Maçonnerie symbolique...
[Freemasonry] Maçonnerie symbolique suivant le régime du G...O... de France. [and:] Maçonnerie des H[auts]. Grades, suivant le régime du G....O... de France.
Paris: n.p., 5804 [i.e. 1804].
12mo. 96 x 60 mm. With four engraved plates, showing the Masonic alphabet, hieroglyphs, numbers, and the pointed cubic stone. Plates very lightly browned, slight staining to inner edge of half-title, otherwise good and clean on green-tinged paper. Contemporary light-browned ribbed calf gilt with a border of gilt flowers and a central gilt Masonic motif of a dove superimposed on an inverted cross. Bookblock a little loose in binding but holding, a little rubbed, corners bumped, a.e.g. Without slipcase. Early 19th-century ink ownership inscription to half title. A very good copy.
A pocket-sized masonic handbook for the use of Apprentice Masons, laying out the basics of Masonic order in France, including passwords, secret signs, symbols, administration, and hierarchy. It includes the address of the Grand Orient Lodge, the roles of the various officers, and the ornaments as worn of symbolic Freemasonry. The plates show the Masonic alphabet, the use of hieroglyphs, Masonic numbers, and the Cubic Stone. Reference is made to Rosicrucianism and the Scottish rite. The half-title bears the motto 'Cahier S...', presumably Cahier Secret, or secret notebook. A charming little survival of Freemasonry, its basic rules and practices, under the Empire.
[Freemasonry] Maçonnerie symbolique suivant le régime du G...O... de France. [and:] Maçonnerie des H[auts]. Grades, suivant le régime du G....O... de France.
Paris: n.p., 5804 [i.e. 1804].
12mo. 96 x 60 mm. With four engraved plates, showing the Masonic alphabet, hieroglyphs, numbers, and the pointed cubic stone. Plates very lightly browned, slight staining to inner edge of half-title, otherwise good and clean on green-tinged paper. Contemporary light-browned ribbed calf gilt with a border of gilt flowers and a central gilt Masonic motif of a dove superimposed on an inverted cross. Bookblock a little loose in binding but holding, a little rubbed, corners bumped, a.e.g. Without slipcase. Early 19th-century ink ownership inscription to half title. A very good copy.
A pocket-sized masonic handbook for the use of Apprentice Masons, laying out the basics of Masonic order in France, including passwords, secret signs, symbols, administration, and hierarchy. It includes the address of the Grand Orient Lodge, the roles of the various officers, and the ornaments as worn of symbolic Freemasonry. The plates show the Masonic alphabet, the use of hieroglyphs, Masonic numbers, and the Cubic Stone. Reference is made to Rosicrucianism and the Scottish rite. The half-title bears the motto 'Cahier S...', presumably Cahier Secret, or secret notebook. A charming little survival of Freemasonry, its basic rules and practices, under the Empire.
[Freemasonry] Maçonnerie symbolique suivant le régime du G...O... de France. [and:] Maçonnerie des H[auts]. Grades, suivant le régime du G....O... de France.
Paris: n.p., 5804 [i.e. 1804].
12mo. 96 x 60 mm. With four engraved plates, showing the Masonic alphabet, hieroglyphs, numbers, and the pointed cubic stone. Plates very lightly browned, slight staining to inner edge of half-title, otherwise good and clean on green-tinged paper. Contemporary light-browned ribbed calf gilt with a border of gilt flowers and a central gilt Masonic motif of a dove superimposed on an inverted cross. Bookblock a little loose in binding but holding, a little rubbed, corners bumped, a.e.g. Without slipcase. Early 19th-century ink ownership inscription to half title. A very good copy.
A pocket-sized masonic handbook for the use of Apprentice Masons, laying out the basics of Masonic order in France, including passwords, secret signs, symbols, administration, and hierarchy. It includes the address of the Grand Orient Lodge, the roles of the various officers, and the ornaments as worn of symbolic Freemasonry. The plates show the Masonic alphabet, the use of hieroglyphs, Masonic numbers, and the Cubic Stone. Reference is made to Rosicrucianism and the Scottish rite. The half-title bears the motto 'Cahier S...', presumably Cahier Secret, or secret notebook. A charming little survival of Freemasonry, its basic rules and practices, under the Empire.