TRADITIONS OF FREEMASONRY AND ITS COINCIDENCES WITH THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES
Book Details + Condition: Macoy & Sickel & Pierson (New York). Scarce early (second?) edition, 1866 (originally published in 1865). 384 pages; Illustrated. From the first edition's title page: "An elaborate account of the traditions which form the basis of the degrees in Freemasonry, and their coincidence with the Ancient Mysteries; also, the origin of the Society of Operative Masons and it transformation into a speculative fraternity; with a brief history of the order, and its rituals and customs." Contents: Entered Apprentice; Fellow Craft; Master Mason; Past Master; Most Excellent Master; Royal Arch. Tight binding; bumped and rubbed corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings, save owner's name on front free endpaper.
