117 - FREEMASONRY IN LITERATURE. — A set of approximately 30 volumes, mostly bound; some flaws and missing pages.

FREEMASONRY IN LITERATURE. — A set of approximately 30 volumes, mostly bound; some flaws and missing pages. — BEAUMONT (Charles Auguste). Les Francs-Maçons. Paris, Dentu, Teissier, 1867. In-18, half-basane with braided decoration (contemporary binding). First edition. — [BILLIEMAZ (François)]. *Les Francs-Maçons, plaideurs*. Geneva, n.p., 1786. In-8, worn marbled sheepskin with decorative bands (contemporary binding). First edition. Bound together with an incomplete volume. — [GRISELINI (Francesco)]. *I Liberi Muratori*. Published in Libertapoli, no publisher, no date. 8vo, half-basane (modern binding). Work published under the anagrammatic pseudonym “Ferling Isac Crens.” Copperplate-engraved frontispiece. — [JARRIGUE]. Noblesse des Francs-Maçons [...]. Poem. Frankfurt am Main, published by Jean-Auguste Raspe, 1756. Small 8vo, cardboard Bradel binding, title page with cut upper margin and lining (modern binding). First edition. — LEBEY (André). Selected Poems [...] with an early preface by Paul Valéry. Lille, Mercure de Flandre, 1926. Large quarto, Bradel-style cardboard binding (modern binding). First edition printed in a run of 350 numbered copies on Arches laid paper. Includes, among other works, the poem “La légende d’Hiram.” — PHYSIOLOGIE DU FRANC-MAÇON by Pluchonneau the Elder. Paris, Charles Warée, [1841]. 16mo, half-calf with floral decoration on the corners, gilt head, covers preserved (modern binding). First edition. Woodcut vignettes in the text. — [POINSINET (Antoine)]. Les Fra-Maçonnes. A parody of the “Amazons” act from the opera *Les Fêtes de l’Amour de l’Himen*. Paris: Duchesne, 1754. Small 8vo, paperback with modern cover. Includes printed sheet music. A parody of the opera that Jean-Philippe Rameau had composed to a libretto by Louis Cahusac. — RITTERSHAUS (Emil). Freimaurerische Dichtungen. Leipzig, published by J. G. Findel, 1870. 16mo, percaline decorated with embossed and gilt motifs (publisher’s binding). First edition. Provenance: Le Profond Silence Lodge in Kampen, Netherlands (ex-libris stamp). — [WESLEY (Samuel)]. The Pig, and the Mastiff. Two Tales. London: printed by J. Stephens, for J. Brotherton, 1727. Small 8vo, paperback with a modern cover. First edition of this collection of two poems, the second of which refers to Freemasonry. — Etc.