1786 MASONIC 1ed EARLY AMERICAN Origins Adonhiramite Freemasonry Philadelphia

1786 MASONIC 1^ed EARLY AMERICAN Origins Adonhiramite Freemasonry Philadelphia

 

Books on freemasonry, published in the 18^th-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 18^th-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. 1^st 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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