MANUAL OF FREEMASONRY
Book Details + Condition: By Richard Carlile. Softcover; 311 pages. Reprint from 1992 by Kessinger Publishing Company (publishers of rare and out-of-print books on Alchemy, Freemasonry, Hermetic, Rosicrucian, and Occult subjects). Pink covers with black-and-white illustration on front, and title (etc) in black on spine. In very good condition: tight binding; light shelfwear to covers; light fading to spine and cover edges; small spot of bleeding from front cover to first page; text is clean and unmarked, save owner's initials on title page. Originally published in 1825, just 12 years after the organization of the United Grand Lodge of England, this works boasts the most complete collection of early versions of the English masonic rituals available under a single cover. Contains early versions of the three Craft degrees, the Royal Arch, Knight Templar Druids, Mark Man, Mark Master, Architect, Grand Architect, Scotch Master or Superintendent, Secret Master, Perfect Master, Intimate Secretary, Intendant of the Buildings, Past Master, Excellent Masons, Super-Excellent Masons, Nine Elected Knights, Elect of Nine, Peregnon, Elect of Fifteen, Priestly Order of Israel, Irish Master, Noahites or Prussian Knights, Red Cross Sword of Babylon, Knights of the Sword of the East, Red Cross of Rome and Constantine, Knights of the White Eagle or Pelican, Knights of the Eagle and Rosicrucian or Ne Plus Ultra. An illuminating study for Masons and non-members.
