LIGHT FROM THE EAST. TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN BIBLE LANDS IN PURSUIT OF MORE LIGHT IN MASONRY.
Book Details + Condition: Early edition from 1884 (originally published in 1881) of Rev. Henry R. Coleman's LIGHT FROM THE EAST: TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN BIBLE LANDS IN PURSUIT OF MORE LIGHT IN MASONRY. Louisville, KY: Published by the author. A massive work of 677 pages on the symbols, history of Freemasonry, and its connections to the Holy Land and Egypt. Decorated brown cloth boards with gilt decoration and title on front and on spine, and embossed palm tree on the back. Heavily illustrated, with 100 plates plus frontispiece. Tight binding; bumped and rubbed corners and edges; wear to spine ends; chipping to edge of title page; scuff to decorated front paste-down; text is clean and unmarked.