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Handwritten ritual for a Master Mason, including explanation of the lodge board, opening, reception ceremony, obligation, historical account of Hiram Abif, closing of the Master's lodge. Same origin and continuity as the previous two rituals, but written by a different hand but clearly legible. Late 18th century

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Handwritten ritual for a Master Mason, including explanation of the lodge board, opening, reception ceremony, obligation, historical account of Hiram Abif, closing of the Master's lodge. Same origin and continuity as the previous two rituals, but written by a different hand but clearly legible. Late 18th century

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Estim. 300 - 600 EUR

[Macon] [manuscript] LAPLATTE (Abbé François) : Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire sacrée et profane de Macon - Turpe est Atheniensem preregrinum esse - 1766. One volume. 19 by 25.5 cm. (12)-564 pages, followed by a hundred blank leaves. Contemporary boards bound in marbled paper. Handwritten text on bluish paper, very legible, with a few erasures, and additional notes in the margins. In perfect condition. Attached is a handwritten letter addressed to Abbé LAPLATTE, containing a clarification of a scholarly note on the land of Leyne in 1363. Letter addressed to Monsieur La Platte, former curé de l'hesne, near Saint-Pierre church in Mâcon. A manuscript of the same work is in the Bibliothèque municipale de MACON, and was transcribed in the Hors-série N°2 of Etudes Mâconnaises in September 2017. But the manuscript we present is not an identical copy of the transcribed one. We can assume that it is a first version of the text, later taken up and expanded. As a clue, the manuscript held by the town of MACON is dated 1768, ours 1766. Our manuscript stops at around 1702, with a line at the bottom of the page closing it off, for the elements recounted there, whereas the transcribed manuscript goes right up to the beginning of the Revolution. In the preface, our copy cites Gregory of Tours and the Livre enchainé from the archives of Saint-Vincent. These two sources are ignored by the Macon manuscript, which adds Guillaume Paradin. Our copy is often less detailed than the transcribed text, and this seems to confirm the hypothesis of a first version of the text. Here's an example: "One of the parish priests of the diocese who best fulfilled the pious views of Mr. Leveque was Mr. de Boisfranc parish priest of Bussières: see brochure." says our copy (page 456) "One of the parish priests who best fulfilled the holy views of the bishop was Monsieur de Boisfranc, parish priest of Bussières, who, having been a Calvinist himself, knew better the errors of the party. He blessed God for enlightening his eyes, generously abjured his errors and, like another Paul, sought to defend the truths he had so shamefully opposed. He entered the clergy. His talents were known, and Bussières having been entrusted to him, he brought a large number of Calvinists back into the fold of the church" is the version in the 1768 manuscript (page 196 of his transcription). The text then continues with a paragraph, identical in both manuscripts. Attached is Hors-Série N°2 of Etudes Mâconnaises, in which Abbé LAPLATTE's 1768 copy has been transcribed. A unique and exceptional document.

Estim. 10 - 20 EUR

[Jean de Bonnot] 2 volumes: Aveux des templiers and histoire de la franc-maçonnerie.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

[Freemasonry - GUILLEMIN DE SAINT-VICTOR (Louis). Recueil précieux de la Maçonnerie Adonhiramite, Contenant les Cathéchismes des quatre premiers Grades, l'Ouverture & Clôture des différentes loges, l'Instruction de la Table, les Santés générales & particulières, ainsi que les devoirs des premiers Officiers en Charge ; Enrichi d'une infinité de Demandes & de Réponses symboliques, de l'Explication des Emblêmes, & d'un grand nombre de Notes aussi curieuses qu'utiles. Dedicated to educated Masons. By a Knight of all Masonic Orders. Philadelphia, Philarethe, 1786. 3 parts in one vol. in-12 of [4]-115 pp. 3 engraved hors-texte figures ; [1] f., 1 folding frontispiece, 149-[3] pp. ("[...] containing the three Points of Scottish Masonry, the Knight of the East, & the true Rosicrucian, which have never been printed; Preceded by the three Chosen, & followed by the Noachite, or the Prussian Knight, translated from the German; Enriched with an Abstract of the History of these grades [...]"); 142-[2] pp. ("[Manuel des Franches-Maçonnes ou] La Vraie Maçonnerie d'adoption, précédée de quelques Réflexions sur les Loges irrégulières & sur la Société civile, avec des Notes critiques & philosophiques ; et suivie de cantiques maçonniques [...]") Marbled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt Masonic irons, red mar. title page (period binding). "The 1st edition dates from 1781. There are at least ten different editions. [...] Curious work for the exclusive use of Initiates and following what was observed in regular Lodges, presided over by the V.. M.. constituting the Gr.. O.. of France in the 18th century." Caillet (4848). A fine copy. (Barbier IV 115)

Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

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