113 - MASONIC HISTORIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTS, AND ESSAYS. — A collection of approximately 55 volumes and booklets, mostly paperback; some defects and missing pages.

MASONIC HISTORIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTS, AND ESSAYS. — A collection of approximately 55 volumes and booklets, mostly paperback; some defects and missing pages. — BOIS (Georges). New Freemasonry of the Grand Orient of France. Political dossier and reformed rituals. Paris, Victor Retaux et fils, 1892. In-8, half-basane with braiding, covers preserved (modern binding). First edition. — MABRU (G.). On the Decline of Freemasonry in France and Ways to Remedy It. Paris, Librairie centrale, 1865. In-18, half-shagreen with decorative embossing (contemporary binding). First edition. — RAGON (Jean-Marie). The Mass and Its Mysteries Compared to the Ancient Mysteries. Paris, E. Dentu, 1882. 18mo, paperback. — REDARES (Jean-Marie-Melchior). Historical and Philosophical Studies on the Three Degrees of Symbolic Freemasonry. Paris, published by the author, 1858. 18mo, paperback. First edition. — VASSAL (Pierre-Gérard). A Comprehensive Course in Freemasonry, or A General History of Initiation, from Its Origins to Its Establishment in France. Paris, published by the author, 1832. In-8, decorated half-basane; foxing (contemporary binding). First edition. 2 plates. — WIRTH (Oswald). Freemasonry Made Understandable to Its Followers. The Book of the Apprentice. Paris, L:. Travail Vrais Amis Fidèles, [1894]. In-16, paperback; well-used copy. First edition. — 1855 UNIVERSAL MASONIC CONGRESS: Report on the Universal Masonic Congress, convened at the Orient of Paris in June 1855, by decree of His Royal Highness Prince Lucien Murat, Grand Master of the Masonic Order in France. Grand Orient of Paris, printed by F. A. Lebon, 1856. In-8, percaline with part of the upper cover attached to the front cover. — MASONIC CONGRESS OF THE CENTENNIAL OF 1789: GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE. International Masonic Centennial Congress, 1789–1889 [...]. Proceedings of the Congress sessions and speeches delivered at this assembly. Paris, General Secretariat of the Grand Orient of France, 1889. 8vo, half-percaline (modern binding). First edition. — HUMBERT (Édouard). Memoirs of Masonic Studies. 1870–1882. Geneva, Jules Carey Press, 1882. In-12, paperback; spine split. First edition. — RICHE-GARDON (Luc-Pierre). Petition to Preserve the Secular Rights of Masonic Initiation in Light of the Imperial Decree of January 11, 1862. Paris, Librairie de la vie morale et de la Renaissance, 1862. In-8 booklet, paperback. First edition. Autographed dedication signed: “To His Most Illustrious, Grand, and Most Honorable Excellency Marshal MAGNAN, with respectful homage...” — Etc.