233 - [PEREAU, Gabriel-Louis].

[PEREAU, Gabriel-Louis]. The Order of Freemasons Betrayed, and the Secret of the Mopses Revealed. Amsterdam, 1745. In-12, (2)-XXX-240 pp., including pp. 202–240. Contemporary mottled fawn sheepskin, edges speckled with blue (binding rubbed, upper joint damaged, one inner joint slightly loose, oxidation and some foxing, one folded plate torn). With an engraved vignette on the title page (dog), an engraved illustration (lodge meeting with men and women by candlelight), and a fold-out plate: “Plan of the Mopses Lodge.” In the text: The Freemasons’ Catechism and the Signs, Handshakes, and Words of the Freemasons The Order of the Freemasons and the Secret of the Mopses Revealed. Includes the supplement and a fold-out plate, though the plate is torn Engraved vignette on the title page depicting Freemason insignia With fold-out plates: “True Plan of the Reception Lodge for an Apprentice-Companion” (2) with a small tear; “True Plan of the Reception Lodge for an Apprentice-Companion / As published in Paris, but inaccurate ” (1) “True Plan of the Reception Lodge for a Master (truncated)” and a fold-out text “True Plan of the Reception Lodge for a Master.” One engraved illustration (scene in a men’s drawing room by candlelight). Bound at the end: Songs of the Most Venerable Brotherhood of Freemasons preceded by several poems, 33 pp. with engraved musical scores. Catalog entry: /4 for Aude