1786 MASONIC 1ed EARLY AMERICAN Origins Adonhiramite Freemasonry Philadelphia
Books on freemasonry, published in the 18th-century are notoriously rare and difficult to obtain. This book is a rare and important collection of Adonhiramite masonry catechisms, writings, and doctrine by Louis Guillemain de Saint-Victor. It discusses freemason lodges, songs, and reflections within an assortment of small works dedicated to Freemasonry in France during the 18th-century. This book also dictates the origins of that branch of freemasonry.
Adonhiramite Freemasonry is loosely based on and taken from Jewish Scriptures and traditions which shed light on masonic legends. It is largely attributed to Saint-Victor because of this work and is named after Adonhiram, who first appears in the Book of Samuel in the Old Testament. Adonhiramite Freemasonry is often considered the ‘orthodox faith’ of Freemasonry. Adonhiramite Freemasons are essentially disciples of Hiram Abif, the architect of the Temple of Adonhiram and are subject to the twelve degrees associated with Adonhiramites. (Mackey).
This particular 1786 American edition was published in Philadelphia, retaining the original French translation.
1786 MASONIC 1ed EARLY AMERICAN Origins Adonhiramite Freemasonry Philadelphia
Books on freemasonry, published in the 18th-century are notoriously rare and difficult to obtain. This book is a rare and important collection of Adonhiramite masonry catechisms, writings, and doctrine by Louis Guillemain de Saint-Victor. It discusses freemason lodges, songs, and reflections within an assortment of small works dedicated to Freemasonry in France during the 18th-century. This book also dictates the origins of that branch of freemasonry.
Adonhiramite Freemasonry is loosely based on and taken from Jewish Scriptures and traditions which shed light on masonic legends. It is largely attributed to Saint-Victor because of this work and is named after Adonhiram, who first appears in the Book of Samuel in the Old Testament. Adonhiramite Freemasonry is often considered the ‘orthodox faith’ of Freemasonry. Adonhiramite Freemasons are essentially disciples of Hiram Abif, the architect of the Temple of Adonhiram and are subject to the twelve degrees associated with Adonhiramites. (Mackey).
This particular 1786 American edition was published in Philadelphia, retaining the original French translation.
Item number: #25631
Price: $950
SAINT-VICTOR, Louis Guillemain
Recueil précieux de la maçonnerie adonhiramite : contenant les cathéchismes des quatre premiers grades, l’ouverture & clôture des différentes loges, l’instruction de la table, les santés générales & particulières
A Philadelphie: Chez Philarethe, 1786. 1st edition
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1
- Part I – [2], 115, [1]
- Part II – [4], 149, [3]
- Part III – 142, [2]
- References: Caillet, II, 4849 and 4850; Mackey, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
- Language: French
- Binding: Leather; secure
- Size: ~5.75in X 3.25in (14.5cm x 8.5cm)
- VERY rare and desirable
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25631
Category
Other
Authors
SAINT-VICTOR, Louis Guillemain
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
French
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete