VERY RARE - SCARCE FIRST EDITION
VERY RARE - SCARCE FIRST
EDITION - FIRST ISSUE
RARE LIMITED EDITION of an IMPORTANT & UNCOMMON EDITION
SCARCE HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK OF FREEMASONRY
FINE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S GILT
DECORATED CLOTH BINDING
THE FREEMASON'S MONITOR
Containing A Delineation Of The
Fundamental Principles Of Freemasonry
Operative And Speculative, As Well In A
Religious As A Moral View
With Explanations And
Plates Of All The Emblems Of The Degrees
Of
Entered Apprentice,
Fellow Craft, Master Mason, Mark Master, Past Master,
Most Excellent Master,
Royal Arch Mason, Royal Master, Select Master's Degree And Order Of Priesthood
Compiled And Arranged From The Most Approved
Writer's
With Additions, Notes, And Remarks; Also Charges And Songs
by
ZADOC A. DAVIS
PHILADELPHIA: Desliver & Muir. 1843 [published
date: 1843]. Rare First Edition. First issue dated
1843 on the title & copyright pages. 8vo. 8" x 5.5" inches (LxB). Pp. xii, 312
pages, complete frontispiece of Joseph Chandler & with 28 engraved plates, nicely bound in original publisher's
decorative green pictorial cloth binding with gilt masonic illustrations on the
spine & the front board and a large gilt vignette on the back board.
A
fascinating illustrated work of Freemasonry. "Containing a delineation of the
fundamental principles of freemasonry, constitution, ceremonies, high
priesthood, master's degree, operative and speculative, as well in a religious
as a moral view... Compiled and arranged from the most approved writers. With
additions, notes and remarks ; also, charges and songs" -- title page.
A Scarce
copy of this masonic publication. Part two with
pagination continuing on through, containing a history of Freemasonry in America
and state by state whos who of Masons. Contains History of Freemasonry in America, lists of chapters and members in
America, as well as general Masonic history and traditions, with songs. Scarce,
early US imprint on Masonry.
FREE GIFT: An old Enamel Freemasonry medal-Badge dated 1910 in the crown [SEE the last few SCANS BELOW]
A Rare and desirable copy.
Extremely rare in fine original binding intact.
Note: Not a single FIRST EDITION COPY LISTED anywhere?
Absolutely spectacular.
A classic work, complete as issued.
A SCARCE BOOK.
2 copies dated 1849 & 1850 listed online for $1750/- [water
stains, fragile pages] & $1650/- [beat up]
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rare book
handsomely bound in original publisher's blue green cloth
binding, some wear/tear,
fading to covers, spine, ends & corners, pages with some age toning sporadic foxing,
are clean & bright, the binding is tight & intact. The cloth is smooth &
supple to the touch.
Note: Mm's of the lower part of the blank margin of the first
few pages with old receding stain mark - no loss. Pages 56 & 59 with old coffee spill stains [See the last scan below].
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