118 - MARCONIS DE NÈGRE (Jacques-Étienne). Set of 8 volumes; some flaws and missing pages.

MARCONIS DE NÈGRE (Jacques-Étienne). Set of 8 volumes; some flaws and missing pages. — HIEROPHANTE (L'). A Complete Exposition of Masonic Mysteries. Vallée de Paris, Cassaignon Press, 5839 [1839]. In-12, paperback; water stains. First edition of this work written in collaboration with Étienne-Napoléon Mouttet. Separate lithographed plates. Rare; missing from Fesch’s catalog. Provenance: René Edeline (ex-libris stamp on the title page). — THE MASONIC PANTHEON. General Instructions for All Rites. Paris, published by F. A. Scheuerman, 1860. Large 8vo, half-shagreen with corners adorned with a gilded Masonic motif (modern binding). First edition. — THE GOLDEN BRANCH OF ELEUSIS. Paris, published by the author, 1861. Large 8vo, half-basane with filleting, slightly worn (contemporary binding). First edition. Lithographed plates printed in sepia, inserted as separate plates. — SANCTUAIRE DE MEMPHIS (LE) OU HERMES. A Complete Exposition of Masonic Mysteries. Paris, A. Berlandier, 1866. 8vo, worn half-basane with a replaced title label (contemporary binding). First edition. Separate lithographic plates, including a portrait. Provenance: two successive armorial bookplates. — THE MYSTICAL SUN. Journal of Universal Freemasonry. Science, Literature, Travel. Paris, A. Goubaud & Company, 1853. In-4, half-shagreen with cold-stamped fillets; date and Masonic motif gilded later on the spine (contemporary binding). First edition. Insets, engraved on copper and lithographed. — THE MYSTICAL TEMPLE. Paris, Imprimerie centrale de Napoléon Chaix, [1854]. Large 8vo, half-shagreen with gilt corners adorned with a gilded Masonic motif (modern binding). First edition of this monthly journal, whose editor-in-chief was Jean-Étienne Marconis de Nègre. Hand-colored lithographed plates inserted separately. — COMPLETE WORKS OF THE SUBLIME MASTERS OF THE GREAT WORK. Paris, published by the author, 1866. 8vo, cardboard Bradel binding, upper cover preserved (modern binding). First edition. — THE MASONIC TRIBUNE (LA), containing a selection of speeches on all Masonic subjects. Paris, Gaittet Printing House, [1866]. Large 8vo, half-parchment with library call number in ink (contemporary binding). First edition. Autographed gift copy dedicated to the Les Enfants de Mars Lodge in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria) by Joseph Roger, curator of the archaeological museum and secretary of that Lodge. Provenance: “Les Enfants de Mars” Lodge of Philippeville (ex-libris stamps).