TRADITIONS, ORIGIN & EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ~ 1ST EDN 1865 V. RARE MASONIC


TRADITIONS, ORIGIN & EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ~ 1ST EDN 1865 V. RARE MASONIC

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TRADITIONS, ORIGIN & EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ~ 1ST EDN 1865 V. RARE MASONIC:
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A. T. C. PIERSON & GODFREY W. STEINBRENNER.


THE TRADITIONS, ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY: CONTAINING AN ELABORATE ACCOUNT OF THE TRADITIONS WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF THE DEGREES IN FREEMASONRY, AND THEIR COINCIDENCE WITH THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES; ALSO, THE ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE MASONS AND ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO A SPECULATIVE FRATERNITY; WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORDER, AND ITS RITUALS AND CUSTOMS.


NY: Anderson & Company. FIRST EDITION. 1865.


xii (12) + 384 + iv (4) + 164 pages. FRONTISPIECE + PLATES. Large octavo (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inch) hardcover, full royal blue cloth with gilt front & spine, black ruling & design front & spine, all pages ruled in black.


Corners somewhat bumped, some wear to corners & some wear & light fraying to spine tips, some spotting & a bit of discoloration to boards & spine, spine somewhat darkened from sun exposure, pastedowns & free endpapers uniformly browned and a bit brittle, rest of the pages only very slightly browned, visible repair to front free endaper, former owner\'s fairly large but fairly light stamp to first blank after front free endpaper and rear pasteown, book slightly cocked, but hinges & joints firm & solid and overall GOOD CONDITION.


The work consists of two separate works placed back to back, one by Pierson and the second by Steinbrenner. The first was © 1865, the second 1863.


CONTENTS:


TRADITIONS OF FREEMASONRY AND ITS COINCIDENCES WITH THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES, BY A. T. C. PIERSON.


PREFACE. * EXPLANATION OF PLATE (FRONTISPIECE).


I.) INTRODUCTION.


II. - IV.) ENTERED APPRENTICE. * V. - VI.) FELLOW CRAFT. * VII - X.) MASTER MASON.


XI.) MARK MASTER. * XII.) PAST MASTER. * XIII.) MOST EXCELLENT MASTER.


XIV. - XVII.) ROYAL ARCH.


THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF MASONRY, BY G. W. STEINBRENNER.


I.) WHAT IS MASONRY? * II.) THE HISTORICAL LITERATURE OF MASONRY. * III.) THE LEGEND OF THE GUILDS. * IV.) THE STEINMETZEN OF GERMANY. * V.) THE FREE-MASONS OF ENGLAND. * VI.) THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. * VII.) MASONIC DEGREES - THE RITUAL.


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