100 - MASONIC SONGS. — Set of 15 volumes; some flaws and missing pages.

MASONIC SONGS. — Set of 15 volumes; some flaws and missing pages. — *LA LIRE MAÇONNE*, or Collection of Freemason Songs. The Hague: R. van Laak, 1766. Large 12mo, decorated half-basane (modern binding in the style of the period). A new, expanded edition of this collection with printed musical notation, originally published in 1763 and supplemented in 1765. Compiling songs in French and, in some cases, in Dutch, it was compiled and partly written by two Freemasons, Jean-Joseph Joniot, known as de VIGNOLES, a former canons regular responsible for overseeing foreign Obediences for the Grand Lodge of England, and Isaac DU BOIS (author of a dual Dutch and French translation of James Anderson’s Constitutions). — COLLECTION OF FREEMASON SONGS for use by the Lodge of S[ainte] Geneviefve. Paris: Jombert, n.d. In-12, marbled brown calfskin with floral decoration; binding slightly worn with a tear at the lower cap (contemporary binding). Collection entirely engraved on copper. Handwritten note in the margin of the last page: “March 28, 1776, workshop of the provinces [of the Grand Orient].” — COLLECTION OF SONGS, VERSES, SPEECHES, AND REGULATIONS concerning the Lodges of the Freemasons and Freemasonry. Amsterdam: Jean François Joly, 1752. Small 8vo, decorated marbled brown calfskin; title label replaced (contemporary binding). First edition. Includes printed musical notation. Provenance: Jacob Baart de La Faille, professor of medicine at the University of Groningen (ex-libris vignette). — COLLECTION OF SPEECHES AND OTHER WORKS, BOTH IN PROSE AND VERSE, ON THE ROYAL ART by F. L.***, Member of the Royal Anglo-Scottish Lodge of St. John of the Secret Harmony of Montpellier. In Amsterdam, in the year of the M. 5751. Small 8vo, marbled brown sheepskin. First edition, rare. — THE MASONIC MUSE, A Collection of New Songs on Freemasonry. The Hague, published at the author’s expense by Jean-Antoine Bareau, 1752. Small 8vo, half-basane (pastiche binding in the style of the period). First edition of this collection compiled by Baron Théodore-Henri de Tschoudy. With printed musical notation. — Etc.