UNIVERSITY

LI B RA RY
Pre s en t ed by

Mr W i l l i am K . B a i l ey
Toron t o
J a n u a ry 1991
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 THE
RA R E BOOK S
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FR E E M AS O N R Y

By

LI O N E L V I B E R T
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. . Lodg e Qlatuor C oron ati ,

Au th or o f 7 756 S lory f
o 1716 Craft ,
etc .
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E ditorM isc ella n ea L a lom oru m .

Lo n d on :
T h e B oo k m
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P rinted in Great B it i
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c are fully c om piled list of the rarer masonic boo k s h as
b een required for a long tim e past and few s tudents o f
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the literature o f the Craft have had either a competent kno w

le d g e c fthe scarce works or leisure to enable them to investi
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g ate and desc ribe in a methodical manner the rarities which

in the present w ork are b rought under revie w Fortun atel y .

the enterprise of the p ublishers has s ecured the services of Mr .

Lionel Vibert who as Editor o f M isc ella n ea L a tom om m an d

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author o f some charmin g little vo lumes on old time maso nry ;

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brings to bear on his p resent task b oth knowledge of masonic

literature and c are in tracing out and marshallin g for our
b enefit the f acts here em b odied in a c on c ise and orde rly fo rm .

The masoni c student w ill find this work of material valu e

for re ference and c omparison ; the c ollector will likewise have
a c om p etent authorit y to consult ; w hile the beginner w ill
p robab ly b e enc ourag ed to investigate more 010 3 e that class
o f s c arce books which might otherw ise never have b een
brought to his noti c e To these and all othersin terested th e
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suc cess of Mr Vibert s former w or k s is a guarantee that the y

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have no w available a des c ri p tive c atalo g ue of the rare b ook s

o f Freemasonry whi c h c an be relied up on f or its a c c urac y
and c om p rehensiveness .

W M . W ON N A COTT

Li b rarian o f the Grand Lodg e

J uly 1 923 .
 C ON T E N T S

P refac e

Introduction

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a Constitutions

Pocket Companions

( c ) E xp osures
Historical
Sermons and S p eec hes

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f M iscellaneous
 I N T R OD U CT I O N
HE Grand Lodge of England was formed in 1 7 1 7 ,

b ut did not att ract an y degree of p u blic attention

till 1 7 2 1 ; up to which time the F reemasons had b e en
so inconspicuous that the re are not known to e x ist m o re
than fifteen distinct references to them in print of an
earlier date These are collected in the appendix to the
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Inaugural Ad dress of M r: E H Dring which he delivered . .

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to the Q uatuor Coronati Lodg e in 1 9 1 2 ( to wh ich the

present article is ve ry much indeb ted ) and of them only ,

three can be said to be anything more than passing re ferences

to the Craft and its customs .

I t was not till 1 7 22 that any work was printed which

can fairly b e describ ed as a work on Freemasonry T h is .

was the p amphlet known to day as the R oberts Con stitutions

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The Freemasons had possessed in manuscript ever si nce ,

the fi f teenth century at all events documents containing ,

what p urp orted to be a h istory of the Order and a set ,

o f ordin an c es comp arable to those of a Gild Versions .

actually made in the fi f teenth sixteenth and s eventeenth

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c enturies have come down to us to da y and of these there ,

are nearly a hundred in existence They are known as the Old .

Charg es and the v ersions are almost all so closely allied

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textuall y as to make it obvious that they derive from a

sin gle original They b egin with a prayer the opening
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words of which are usually : The Almighty F ather of

Heaven and then afte r an introduction beginning
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Good Brethren and Fello ws our purpos e is there follows , ,

the histori c al section and the Charges themselves in two

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or more sections Even to day ve rsion s are still occasionally

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discovered and the g reat maj ority of those e x tant we re

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written in the sevente enth an d eighteenth centuries .

The R oberts Con stitutions was a printed version of such a

manuscript and of this pamphlet until quite recently only
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one copy was known to exist which is in the library of ,

the Grand L odge of I owa A reprint w as issued by M essrs

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Spen c er s o f Great Q ueen Street in 1 8 7 1

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The title page o f th e original is

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The Old Constitutions Belonging to the

Ancient an d Honourab le SO CIETY o f F ree an d
Accepted M AS O NS Tak en from a M anusc ript wrote
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about F ive H un dred Years sin c e . LON D ON :

Printed and Sold b y J Roberts in .
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M D CCX X I I ( P ric e S ix P e
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 and the coll ation is : Title reve rs e blank ; fou r pages not
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num b e red p reface ; pp 1 26 H isto ry and Cha rges b ut the

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last two pag es are e rroneously num b ered 2 3 2 4 .

The ne x t half centu ry saw the Craft estab lished ou the

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Contin ent and two rival G rand Lodges working in Lo n don

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itself But th e output of b ooks was not p rofuse an d such

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as the re w ere consisted largely of controversial pamphl ets ,

alleged e xposu res and reprints of speeches and se rmons .

Still many of the it ems of early date are e x t remely rare

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but as it was not till somewhere in the eighties of last

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century that the re was any market for early masonic litera
ture th e p rices of an earlier date when we can ascertain
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them are no criterion of value To day there is a far

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larger pub lic interest ed in the sub j e c t and p rices are rising .

W olfstieg in his monumental Bibliography p ub lished in

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1 9 1 2 and containing w ell over entries recognises

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eight classes with 1 7 4 sub divisions I t will be suffi cient

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he re to de al with the subj ect under the six heads : Con

stitution s Pocket Comp anions Exposures Histori c al
Se rmons and Speeches and Mis c ellaneous .
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HI S is the title given b y Grand L odge since 1 7 23 to
the o fficial pub lication which to day comp rises certain -

Ancient Cha rges and the Laws of th e Craft The w ork .

was first issued in 1 7 23 and up to 1 8 97 t wenty four editions

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are recognised The idea was copied and the actual

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work also reprin ted in I reland Scotland and Americ a ,

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The name Con stitution s was also that giv en in many cas es
to the manusc ripts of an earlier date and as sev eral of these ,

we re now p rinted thes e w orks will also come as a su b

division und er this heading Takin g this class first w e .

hav e :

The Rob erts Constitutions of 1 7 22 already des c ribed To .

the copy b elonging to the G L of Iowa hithe rto considered . .

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uniqu e has now to be added a copy which rec ently

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pass ed through th e h ands of Messrs F letche r of Bays .

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wat er and is now in p rivate o wnership

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Th e B riscoe Print I t does not s eem necessary to giv e
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th e e lab o rat e titl e in full th e fi rst part of it is :

The sec ret HISTORY of th e F ree M asons -

b eing an Accidental Discovery of th e Ceremonies

M ade U se of in the several LODGES ,

and it also contains O b servations on th e New

Con stitution Book written b y j ames Anderson (v ide
infra No I I
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Signs or Signals
, Collation T itle with reve rs e b lank
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iv pp preface ; 4 7 pages of t ext with reverse of p 4 7

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blan k The I m print is : London ; Print ed for Sam

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B riscoe at th e Be ll Sauvage on Ludgate Hill (etc ) ;

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b ut with no date M r G W Bain reproduced his copy

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in facsimile in 1 8 9 1 the re m ay be othe r 00 pies in private

own ership but no li b rary appears to possess one .

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The Briscoe Prin t second edition Id entical exce p t for
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th e date on title page Also of great rarity there is a

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copy in the W orceste rshi re Masonic Li b rary .

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Cole s Constitutions This consists of a D edic ation . to
Lord Kin gston the title as follows ,
 A B ook o f the Antient Constitution s of the
Free A c cepted MAS ON S
both being engraved and fifty one engraved copper ,
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p lates of tex t followed by six more o f songs Kin gston

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was G rand Master from D ecember 27 1 7 28 to December , ,

2 7 1 7 2 9 so that the w ork may be presumed to have been

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issued in 1 7 29 I t is f ound with 3 8 added p ages in

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o rdinary type ( tw o speeches a Prologue and an E p ilo gue ) , ,

and may have been re issued w ith this addition in 1 7 3 0

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when th e combined w ork was advertised (on March 1 8 )

as j ust published There is in the Library o f Grand Lodge
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a speciall y p repared copy on a paper o f a larger s iz e .

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Cole s Constitutions second edition
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Frontispiece a very lengthy title p age with imprint and

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date and the original plates ; but with the Dedication

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altered so as to read to Lord Lov e] and th e im print ,

o b literated from th e titl e Th e six coppe r plat es o f songs

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are also omitt ed Th en follow the sp eech es and Prologu e

and Epilogue pp 1 —3 4 and two not num b ered and two
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collections of so n gs tog eth er occupying 64 pages But

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the o rder of bindin g differs in diffe ren t copies The .

speeches have thei r own pag ination and title page which -
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desc ri b es them as th e second edition with date 1 7 3 4 ;

while the songs are also separately paginated with a
tit le page dated 1 7 3 1 W olfstieg gives the first edition
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a len g thy title p age almost identical w ith that of 1 7 3 1

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and with th e date 1 7 28 This does not correspond with .

the descriptions given b y H ugh an in his introduction

to the Jackson reprint of the second edition (L eeds ,

1 8 97 ) and b y Mr Dring ( op c it )
. it may possi b ly refer . .

to the issue o f 1 7 3 0 .

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Coles Constitutions thi rd editio n a rep rint of the fo rm er
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but all in ordinary type This has a new an d much .

shorte r t itle page 8 v o ; 7 8 pages ; and two plat es

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The fourth edition similar .

On e masonic li b rary in this country (Wo rceste rshir e)

possess es th e quart ett e B ut it may be m entioned as .
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illustrative of how the prices actually o b tained for these

things are no sort of guide to their in trinsic value or
their probable selling pric e to day that th e set of fou r -
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was in th e Spe n c er Sal e of 1 8 7 5 and went for £3 8 5 .

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Anderson s title is re p eate d but
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Pennells Con stitution s
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the imprint is
DUBLI N Printed by W atts at the L ord Caterets ,

Head in D am es S treet for P enn ell at the three , ,

B lue B onn ets in S t P atric k s S treet

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M ason ry 57 3 0 A n n o D om in i 1 7 3 0 .

4 to ; plate and k is Anderson more

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9 pages The wor .

or less re p roduced but with some added matter Dr , . .

Chetwode Crawle y onl y kne w o f one p erf e c t c 0 py m ,

p rivate o wnership in America .

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Fran klin s re p rint o f A nderson in Philadelphia b y s p e c ial
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order for the use of the brethren in N orth Ameri c a -

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Anderson s second edition Des c ribed as the N ew B oo k
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o f Constitutions b y James Anderson D D in a lon g

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title page Collation : p late ; tit le p ag e ; reverse blank -

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pp x dedication and p re face ; two p ages not numbered

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sanction to publish p late with the arms o f Carn arv ori

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and his titles ; pp 1 23 0 text ; two p ages not numbered

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corrigenda and publisher s announcements The songs .

conclude on p 2 1 5 and are followed by a re p rint of a

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p amphlet (No F 7 infra) A Defenc e of Masonry pub

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lish ed A D Oc c asion d b y a P M ph let c alld

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M asonry D issec ted ( as to w hich v ide in ra N o C

f . .

This also appears in a P oc k et Com pan ion o f this same

year (vide infra N o B This is in turn followed by . .

B roth er E uc lid s letter to th e A uth or again st Unjust Cav ils

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which is dated 1 7 3 8 the authorship of which is unknown

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The leaf pp 1 29 1 3 0 is substituted for an ori ginal

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which contained various errors the most conspic uous ,

of which was the writin g STE PH E N instead of

FRA N CIS Du k e of Lorraine N o co p y ap pears to be
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known with the origin al leaf in situ but in one copy , ,

at present in private o wnership it is found attac hed ,

to the c over The Plate is the same as that o f 1 7 23

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with the exception o f the letterin g at bottom E n

graved b y John Pine in Aldersgate Street London , ,
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whic h is no w deleted This Plate measures

T he work was printed—with identic al typ in g—on p aper
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o f two di fferent si zes X 7 1 and The ,

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small p ap er cop ies c ould not there fore have tak en

t h e Plat e w ithout foldin g and as none app ear to be ,
 known that have it it would in fac t seem that none w ere
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in fact issued with it M r H ugh an in his Pre face to. .

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the f acsimile issued by Lodge Q uatuor Coronati in 1 8 90 ,

stated that he had only succeeded up to that time in

tracin g twent y si x copi es of this edition The imp rint
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L O ND ON Printed for Broth ers Caesar Ward and
Richard Chandler B ooks ellers at th e S hip without
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Tem ple B ar and so ld at th eir

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Y O R K and at S CA R B O R O U G H S PAW
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M DC CXXX VI I I I n the Vulgar Year of M asonry

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57 3 8
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The History and Constitutions o f th e Most an c ient
and h onourable Fraternity / 0 f Free and A c c e p ted
MAS ON S : This is a reissue o f the previous
work obviously the pub lisher s remainders as it is
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identical in all respects save that it has a new title ,

page beginning as a b ove and with the im p rint

LON D ON Printed ; and sold by J Robinson at .
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the Golden Lion in Ludgate street

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Y ear o f MA SO N RY 574 6 .

A s be fore some co pies were small pap er and were app ar ,

ently ori g inally issued without the Plate It is still .

rarer than the 1 7 3 8 edition ; M r H ugh an in 1 8 90 only .

knew o f nineteen copies .

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A se c ond e dition o f Penne ll (N o 3 supra) with a lon g t itle , .
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which con c ludes :

Collated f rom the B oo k o f Const itutions p ublished
in En gland in the year 1 7 3 8 b y our worthy Bro James
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Anderson For the Use of the L odges in I reland B y

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E dward S p ratt Dublin 1 7 51

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4 to plate viii 1 7 2 p p A very

, rare work almost ( as .
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mu c h so as the first edition .

The third edition of the B oo k o f Constitutions w as

published in 1 7 56 with a frontis p iece by B Cole T he . .

author was E n tic k He used the enlarged history that

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Anderson had written for his 1 7 3 8 edition b ut the

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Regulations were entirely recast The fourth edition .

was published in 1 7 67 I t is des c ribed as A New .

E dition w ith Alterations and Additions by a Com

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m ittee a pp ointed b y the Grand L od g e

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E n tic k s name
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still app ears ( as well as Anderson s ) but in fa c t he had ’

nothin g to do with it .
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The A ppendix to the fourth edition This written b y .
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William Preston is rarely met w ith I t occasionally , .

occu rs b ound u p with the f ourth edition I t consists .

of lxx vi pag es Page i has a h alf title : Appendi x to .

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the Con stitutions of the Society of Free and A o

c ep ted M asons Page ii has the Resolution ordering .

the Appendix Page iii commences Appendi x an d .

the te x t goes to l x x ; then come an anthem and ode ,

and l xx vi not pag ed is blank , , .

O f the fourth edition the re w ere two unauthorised

issues one in 8 v o pub lis h ed b y G K earsly L ondon
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and the other also 8 v o b ut with another title page and

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plates pu b lish ed b y Thomas Wilkinson Dub lin B oth

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appeared in 1 7 69 .

The fifth edition of 1 7 8 4 is described as A N ew , ,

Edition revis ed e n larged and brought down to the year

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1 7 84 unde r the di rection o f the Hall Committee b y

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J O HN N OOR TH OUCK The frontispiece shows the .

int erior of Freemasons Hall and is dated 1 7 8 6 The ’

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usual collation is : F rontispiece ; page not numbered

E x planat ion of the Frontispiece reverse blank ; i xii — ,
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d edication laws relating to the Charity sanction p reface

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contents ; pp 1 7 6 7 7 1 3 4 1 3 5 20 4 20 5 3 50
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35 1 4 4
1 history in five pa rts ( including Charges
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Regulations 4 1 5 5
4 9 poetry
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O n p 4 59 is a . .

not e to the b inder regarding the cancelled l eaf This .

was pp 67 68 the original p 67 is h eaded I n Italy

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the co rrect ed page b eing h eaded Gothic Archit ecture .

The cancelled leaf is ra re and although the w ork was ,

issued origin ally p resumab ly without the plate there do ,

not seem to b e any copies b ound up without it although ,

some omit the laws relating to the Charity

In 1 7 53 a rival G rand Lodg e had been founded in London
which also issued an official publication with th e titl e
Ahiman Re z on Of the eight editions issued the first four.

are rare ; indeed o f the fourth itself only two c opies ,

appear to be known .

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. Ahiman on 4 to Re z . . A long titl e of which the com
m en c em en t is
AHI M AN RE ZO N : or ,
A Help to a Brother ;

with th e p late was sold at S oth eb y s in 1 9 0 8 for

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A c op y ,

£ 1 3s . 0d .
; b u t wh eth er it c on tain ed th e origin al c anc elled leaf
or n ot does n ot app ear .
 S h ewing th e E XCE LL E N CY o f S E CR E CY ,
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th efirst Cause or M otive of th e Institution of
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FREE M AS O N RY ;
and th e imprint :
LON D ON : Printed for the Editor and sold by ,

Brother j am es B edford at the Crown in St P auls , .

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Churc h Y ard M D CCLV I

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Th e wo rk was written b y Laurence D ermott the Secretar

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of this Grand Lodge and the preface contains sarcast ic

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references to the cu rrent histo ries of the Craft with

allusions to other wo rks not all of which can now b e
traced Collation : title ; i—iii dedic ation ; iv b lank ;
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v xvii The Editor to th e Reader ; b lank page not

n um bered ; four p ages not numbered su b scribers
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names ; four not num b ered contents ; 1 20 8 ,

and one pa g e not num b ered text headed Ahiman , ,

Rez on songs p receded b y a titl e page with b lank reverse -

prologues and e p ilogues and an Oratorio , .

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Ahiman Rez on sec ond edition An ornate title p age in a

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border with much less te x t and the imprint

Print ed for the Autho r and sold by Br ROB E RT .

BLA CK .Book b inder 8: Stationer in Georg e Yard ,

Tower H ill LON D ON 1 7 64

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The text differs conside ra b ly from that o f the first edition .

The re is a plate of the Arms o f the Masons and t h ose of

th e Op erative or Stone Masons .

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Ahim an Rez on third edition The title page is :
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A HIMAN R EZON : or a H elp to all that are ,

or woul d be Free and A c ce p ted Masons ( Wi th .

m any ADDIT IO NS ) Th e TH IR D E D I T ION .

By Lau Dermott D G M
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Printed f or J A M E S J O N E S Grand Secretary and , ,

Sold by P E TE R S HATW E LL in the Strand , ,

LON D ON 1 7 7 8 , .

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Ahiman Rez on fourth edition Similar but the p ublisher
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is F rak in s .

The remainin g editions were issued in 1 8 0 0 ( v) 1 8 0 1

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vi ; 1 8 0 7 ( )
vii ; and 1 8 1 3 viii
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lists o f Lodges .

After the Union o f the two Grand L odges step s were

tak en to issue an official B oo k of Constitutions f or the
 united body T he Regulations were dra f te d by a j o int
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committe e and as to publishin g these the re was no

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p articular difficulty But the history was another .

matter as the two b odies had taken very divergent

views on that subj ect Accordingly th e historical .

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section or first part
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and Re gulations b eing issued as a sec oi

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id part and ,

this descrip tion second part was maintai n ed for three

editions b ut was then dropped and no official history ,

has ever been p romul g ated But inquiries are still .

occasion ally made for the non e xistent first parts of t h e -

sixth seventh and eighth editions The first edition

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after the Union w as that o f 1 8 1 5 .

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Constitutions sixth edition , Title p age : .
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CO NSTITUTI ON S o f the An tient Fraternity

o f Free and Accepted M asons Part the Second .

containin g The Charges Re g ulat ions &c t &c t , , .

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Pub lished by the Authority o f t h e United Grand

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Lodge by William Williams E sq

, P rov in c ia l , .

G ra n d M a ster for th e Cou n ty of D orset L ON D ON .

Printed b y W P N orris Printer to the So c iet y

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L ittle Moorgate London W all MD CCCX V ,

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O n the reverse of the title p ag e was a notic e that t h e -

First Part would be p rinted with as little delay as p ossible ,

and that the laws w ould be revised a f ter th ree y ears

wh en sheets in which alterations had been made wo uld
be reprinte d and sent to subscribers The edition in its .

o riginal state is rare .

The se v enth edition w as issued in 1 8 1 9 with the ,

title pag e fore word and san c tion o f the previous edition
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unchan ged but there was no w added a Pre f ac e to the

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Corre c ted Edition dated from Belmont House 1 9 Feb

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ruary 1 8 1 9,
A p art from the variations in the a c tual
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text this Preface alone serves to distin guish this edition .

This was the last edition to b e issued in 4 to .

In 1 8 23 the Provin c ial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada

reissued this edition w ith the same tit le pag e except for
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the impr int which no w read : ,

F irst Canadian Edition Republished by order o f .

the P rovin c ial G rand Lodge of / Upper Canada .

Kingston : Printed byH C Th om son MD CCCX X I I I . . . .

There w as also a dedication which occ upies the

second leaf O f this reissue there is a cop y in the
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Li brary o f the Sup rem e Counc il at Washington D C , . .

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the later editions the eighth o f 1 8 27 was th e , , ,

last to retain the description Second Part but

only three of those o f more recent years can be styled
rare These are :
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1 855 1 2th edition th e 3 2mo issue
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1 865 1 6th edition

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3 2mo This is so rare that its very exi stence
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was doub ted un til quite recently and it is only w ithin ,

the last year that Grand Lodge has become possessed

o f a co py .

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1 8 66 1 7 t h e dition another 3 2m 0 issue
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The B ain Rep rint o f the B ri o P ri t has already sc e n

been re ferred to O f the Con titutio of 1 7 23 omplet
. s ns c e
or p artial f a similes have been issued at New Y or k i
c n
1 85 5 and 1 90 5 at Philadel p hia m 1 90 6 and at Wiesbaden
, ,

in 1 90 0 Of the 1 7 3 8 edition an ab solute facsimile was

.

issued in 1 8 9 as vol VI I o f the Q

0 u tuor Coronati A ti
. a n

g p
r a h a w, ith an introdu tion by Mr H ug h an Of c . .

A him an R on there are as y et no facsimiles

ez B ut there .

is one w or k o f this class whi h has to be re k one d amon g c c

our R are B oo k s to day and that is : -
,

( ) 17

Const itutions o f the Freemasons By William James .

Hugh an London : S p encer and Co 8 v o pp xxii 3 8

. . . .
, ,

51 . The I ntroduc tion deals with the Constitutions

generally and the Text c onsists o f a re p roduction o f
,

those o f 1 7 23 with the excep tion o f the histori c al p ortion

,

and the son gs and o f the Cole Text O nly 7 0 c opies

, .

were p rinted .
 b
( ) P O C K E T C O M P A N I ON S
N DE R S ON S fi rst edition was exhausted
’
the by
b eginn ing of 1 7 3 5 and to meet what was no doubt a
,

fairly e x tensive dem an d the re was now p ub lished a wo rk

styl ed A P oc k et Com pan ion for F reem ason s the greater ,

pa rt of which was in fact simply a piracy of Anderson .

This was the first of a series of similar wo rks which ,

mostly contained a histo ry the Charges and Regulations , ,

an d oth er matter of the same kind collections of songs

‘

and poet ry and lists of L odges After No 1 in the list

,
. .

I now give they usually have ve ry long title pages

,
-
.

W olfstieg gives most of these fairly fully ; I give in full

one that h e does not rep roduc e They are all o f con .

siderable rarit y in anything lik e pe rfect condition .

( )
I
Smith s Pocket Companion Title
’

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.

A Pocket Companion for F ee M asons

r .

D eus N o b is Sol Scutum/ D edicated to the So ciety .

London : Printed and sold b y E Ride r in Black .

more street near Clar e Market mdcc xx xv

,
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. .

The collection of songs etc is p receded b y a sub title ,

.
,
-

with the dat e 1 7 3 4 (p .

( )
2

Th e sam e work p rinted at Du b lin P ro b ab ly this was .

done with Smith s permission This edition has a lon g

’
.

title page and a plate and whe reas th e London edition

-

was condemned b y G a t London whe re Anderson .

,

was still the re to p rotest and was p reparing his o wn

second edition the Dub lin reprint was sanctioned and
,

adopted b y the Grand Lodge of Ireland .

(3 )
Smith a re issue A long title page and p late ; p rinted
,
-
.
-

by Torbuc k .

(4 )
Smith the second edition
,
with large additions ,
. A gain ,

a lon g title pag e but no plate

-
,
.

(5)
A Poc k et Com p an on at Edinburgh o f W t h
i , publ1sh ed ,

W olfstieg gives no details furt h er than tha t a co py is

in p rivate ownership in German y .

( )
6
( E n tic k ) Scott s Pocket ’
Com p anion pub l
ished b y B ald ,

win ; 8 v o viii 3 28 ; w ith p late T he author s name

.
’

.
, ,
p articularsrelating to Mason ry I ns c ribed with great .

resp ect to L o rd P et re By a Society of B rethren

.
.

London : Company of Stationers 1 7 7 5 .

It will be observed that these w orks nearly always

contain a List of Lodges and this will b e a conven ient
,

place in which to notice th e pub lications known as the

Engraved Lists An official List of Lodges was drawn
.

u p by Grand Lodg e in 1 7 23 but it was also necessary

,

for each individual L odge to p ossess at all times an

authorised List corrected to date and accordingly in
, ,

this same year the first En graved L ist was issued and ,

they were continued u p to 1 7 7 8 one or more ap p earin g ,

an nual ly .Until 1 7 4 1 the en graver was John Pine who

had done the Frontisp iece to the Constitutions o f 1 7 23 .

In 1 7 4 4 the en graver w as E man B owen and from now .

,

on wards the en g raver was either William or B enj amin

Cole. These L ists are all more or less in the same style ;
the y are engraved on p lates measurin g six inches or
slightly less by and each plate contains s p ac es for
1 2 L odg es but blan ks occur where Lodges on p revious
,

Lists have c eased to exist The sign o f the tavern where

.

the L odg e meets is usually depicted or the name or , ,

both and the street i f in London as also the days o f

, ,

meetin g and the date o f constitution In the L ists

‘
.

from 1 7 29 onwards a serial number is assigned to eac h

Lod g e and blank The L ists for the earlier years are
.

very scarce Indeed as yet none are known to have

—
.

survived for 1 7 26 8 1 7 3 0 3 1 7 4 2 1 7 4 3 1 7 4 6 1 7 4 8 or
-
, , , , ,

1 74 9 ; and all other issues except three previous to 1 7 65

, ,

are at p resent re p resented by sin gle co p ies and the same ,

is the c ase with re g ard to several later ones .

The Grand Lodge o f 1 7 53 issued similar Lists b ut

only t w o are kno wn to exist both for the year 1 7 53 , ,

the earlier bein g in the L ibrary o f L odge Quatuor Coronati ,

an d the later at the South Kensin g ton Museum These .

are en g raved on plates measurin g 4 5x 2 % whic h have " ”

,

t w o L odges to a plate the in formation as to each bein g

,

en c losed m ornate borders o f Chippendale desi gn alm os t ,

al l different There is also a title p age on a se p arate

.
-

plate with an elaborate desi gn o f its o wn The e arlier .

List is reproduc ed ln full 1n vol xix o f the Transac tions .

of L odge Q uatuor Coronati ; the en graver w as Jeremi ah

E v ans who does not ho we v er seem to ha ve been a
,

p erson of an y note in his pro fession .

A .
 In 1 775 Gran d Lo dg
commenc ed th e issue o f an annual
e

Calendar and List of Lodg es and this supers eded th e

E ngraved Lists the series having b e en continu ed t ill the
,

present day But no copy of the Calendar for 1 8 1 6

.

ap pears to be in existence ; at all events none was

known to M r Lane when h e p ublished his M asonic
.

R ec ords which puts in tabular form the information as

,

to every kno wn L od g e in the English C raft.

 ( )
c E X P O S U RE S
T b eing und erstood that the Society which had so
suddenly sprung into prominence possessed se c rets and
practised ceremonies of an esote ric character it w as ,

not long b efore persons of ent erprise if not of honesty , ,

b egan to print alleg ed revelations of these mysteries .

That th ey w ere at once denounced b y the Fraternity

as false and inaccu rat e would pe rhaps not by itself
discredit th em f or us to day but in fa c t their interest
-
, ,

now is purely antiquarian They o ffer a p ossible basis

.

for investigations as to what was the practic e o f the

pe riod in these matters ; but if it at all resembled th e
accounts g iven in the v arlous ex posures it must have b een
greatly m etamorphos ed in the inte rvening years Some .

were mere b roadsides b ut for the sake of c ompleteness

,

it is desira b le that they also should be descri b ed Acc ord .

in gly takin g this class first w e ha v e

, ,

1 7 25
. The Whole I nstitutions of Free —
Mason s O p ened ,

Printed b y Willi am Wilmot on the Blind Key 1 7 25 -

, .

This consists of a folio sh eet printed on both sides N o .

place of publication is mentioned Only one copy is .

kno wn whic h is in private ownership

, .

( ) 2

1 7 26
. The Grand Mystery laid open or the Free Masons Signs ,

and Words discovered Printed in the year 1 7 26 This

. .

is another single folio sheet but p rinted on one side ,

only A g ain only one cop y is known which is in the

.
, ,

possession of the same owner as N o 1 . .

(3 )
The Mystery o f Freemasonry .

This w as a broadside which was rep orted as being

latel y p ublished an d dispers ed about the To wn ,

an d which w as reprinted in the D ail yj ou rn al of Aug 1 5 .

,

173 0 .I t w as again r eprinted in the issue of Aug 1 8 . .

N o sp ecimen of the original appears to be known but ,

single copi es of an engraved b roadside with the same

text which is ap p arently a separate and later p ublication
, ,

are in the E M and three masonic libraries I t was

. .

also rep rinted with th e headin g

 The M ystery and M otions
of Free M asonry dis -

covered . L ondon Printed b y

Edw ard Nash in King , ,

Street Covent Garden mdccxxx

, . .

Of this there is a cop y in the R awlinson Collection

at the Bodleian There w as a se c ond reprint also in
.
,

1 7 3 0 with the heading

,

The Puerile Signs and Wonders of a Free Mason (etc -

.

o f which a co py e x ists in the Guildhall L ibrary Th e .

text with some sm all variations w as publishe d in the

P en n sylvan ia Gazette of Dec 5 to 8 in this year a j ournal .
,

of which Benj amin Franklin w as the Editor at the time .

3k

Coming no w to the E xposures in boo k f orm -

we have

( P art I I
)
( ) I

The Grand Mystery of Free M asons D isc ov er d -

’

L ondon ; Printed for T Payn e near Stationers Hall .

’
.

1 7 24
. Folio 1 2 pp R ep rint ed at various times in last
.

century the most adequate reproduction being that

,

issu ed b y Mr Carson o f Cincinnati in 1 8 67 There

.
, , .

is a c opy am ong the Rawlinson p apers in the Bodleian

'

( ) 2
The Grand Mystery the second edition The imprint , .

is : London ; Printed for A M oore near St Paul s .

,
.
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.

1 7 25
. Folio 20 pp The copy in the Bodleian which 15
, .
,

also among the Rawlinson papers and anoth er in Dresden , ,

we re the only ones Dr Chetwode Crawley knew of . .

To each edition there is a long title c ontaining th e

asse rtion which is stock form in these affairs that the
, ,

t ex t is from papers fou n d in the custody of a Free mason -

who died suddenly The second edition also contains .

Two Lett ers to a Fri en d ; The F i rst Conce rning th e

Soci ety of Fre e masons Th e Second Giving an Account
-
.
,
”
of the M ost Ancient Society of G orm og on s which are ,

of some importanc e histo rically The te x t was repro .

duc ed in Gould s H istory in the A p pendix to vol I I I

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,

’
(3 )
Pri c hard s M asonry Disec ted Th e title commences : .

M ASON RY D isec ted b eing A Universal and

Genuin e DES CRI PT ION of All its Branches ,

from the Ori gin al to this Present Time .

The imprint is :
 L ondon Printed b y Th om as N ic hols ,
at t h e Crown ,

without T m pl B arr mdccx xx e e . .

This was also reprinted by Mr Carson of Cin innati .

, c ,

in 867 The wor k went through 2 1 editions b y 7 8 7

1 . 1 ,

some o f whi h however would seem to have been re c , ,

prints in R ad W kly j ourn al and the li ke The e

’
s ee .

earlier editions are extremely rare onl y one or t wo o f ,

those up to the ei ghth being known apparently with ,

the exc eption of the fifth of which no specimen at all is ,

known to e x ist The dates o f the earlier editions are : .

I as above 1 7 3 0 ; I I a reprint in Read 1 7 3 0 ; III

, , , , ,

173 0 ; IV ,
1 73 1 ; V ,
md . VI ,
1 73 6 ; VI I , 1 73 7 ;
VI I I These t w o last have
,
1 73 7 .a ne w and exac t
list o f regular L odges .
”

The work was also reprinted (the prin ter being J .

Torbuc k ) with a di fferent title and unim p ortant v ariations

in 1 7 3 7 the title now b eing :
,

The Secrets o f Masonry Made kno wn to all ,

M en By S P late Member o f a Constituted L odge

, . . .

A work issued in Glasgow in 1 8 0 3 b y R obertson with

the title : The entertaining Mystery o f freemasonry
By Sam Pritchard is also ap parently a re p rint .

of part of the origin al and there 18 an e arlier wor k with ,

this same title which is no doubt o f the same c harac ter ,

but the only co p y k nown to me at p resent is in N e w

Zealand The 1 8 0 3 work is also quite rare
. .

(4 )
Masonry farther Dissected .

This is a translation o f a French exposure L Ordre des ’

F ran c M ag on s trahi but o f an edition earlier than that .

,

of 1 7 4 5 which has usually been c onsidered the first .

There is a very long title p age and an im p rint L ondon -

Printed for J W il ford Where may be had .

, ,

Masonry Dissected The Seventh E dition Pr 6d . . . .

8 v o pp 3 2 , . .

Not withstanding this announ c ement and the title

chosen for the work it has nothing in common with ,

Prichard with w hich indeed it is utterl y at varian c e

,
.

D r Chetwode Crawley remarks ( Tran s of Lodgez

.
Quat uor .

Coron ati ix I t is exc essively rare and fetc hes

, , ,

to day in o p en market more than a hundre d tim es its

-
, ,

ori gin al p rice .

”
 (5)
The Freemasons exam in d With a lon g title and a ’
.
,

preface e xplaining ho w the author came by the alleged

secrets his account o f which is to replace Prichard
, ,

who is unworthy of credit The whole thing is an elabor .

ate s k it Of the origin al edition the L i b rary of th e

.

Prov Grand Lodge of Worcestershire possesses what

.

appears to be the only Copy k nown E ditions f ollo wed .

one another in rapid succession but are all now very ,

rare the dates being : I I 1 7 54 a co p y in the B M

, , , . .

and one other k no wn in p rivate ownership ; III no ,

c o p y kno wn ; I V 1 7 54 one copy in private hands ; , ,

V N D P I 7 58 ; VI N D
, . ? 1 7 58
.
( Vide arti c le b y , . .

Mr J T Thorp in Trans of QC XX
. . . . . .
, ,

1 759 . The S E CRE TS of the Free Masons revealed by a disg usted

brother Se c ond edition London : Scott 8 v o
. .
,

3 2 pp The first edition does not appear to be kno wn

.
,

and this is rare .

(7 )
1 7 60 . Three distin c t k nocks This also went throu gh man y .

editions during the century several bearing no date , ,

and w as reprinted at Maidston e and in Ireland T he .

original p ublisher w as Serj eant the earlier editions 4 to .

Jac hin and B oaz London : N icoll 4 to Of this w or k

. . .

there were t went y si x editions up to the Union of 1 8 1 3

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There were a lso American editions in 1 7 93 an d 1 8 0 3 ,

and e v en after the Union it continued to appear The .

early editions are rare the first few being very scarce ,

indeed .

A re p ly w as issue d to j ac hin an d B oaz immediate ly on

its appearan c e which is to day even more of a rarity I t -
.

was entitled
A free mason s A N SW E R to the suspe c te d author
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’

of a p am p hlet entitled Jachin and Boaz or An authentic ,

ke y to freemasonry Addressed to all masons as well .

,

as to t h e pu b li c i
n general L ondon Cooke 1 7 62 .
, .

A copy is in the British Museum and a fifth edition ,

is also known published by Nicholl in 1 7 64 but of the

,

intermediate editions or of later ones if there were an y , ,

no co pies app ear to hav e come to li ght .

 (9)
1 7 64 . Hiram A long title Pub lished in London b y Griflin
. .
.

4 to plate 96 pp
, Rep rinted in B elfast by Joy in 1 7 65
, .
,

and a s econd edition in London in 1 7 66 All are ex .

trem ely rare .

1 7 65 . Shi bb oleth Dublin .

, S leater ,
with
a lon g title of the usual
type 4 to 52 pp .
, . The re was also an issue in L ondon
of the same date . B oth are very rare .

( ) II

1 7 66 . M ah h abon e or The Grand Lodge door open d London ’

.

Johnson and Davenport With an e x ception ally long .

title Th ere was a second edition in the same year

. .

( ) 12

Solomon in all his Glory This is another translation from .

the Fr ench the original in this case being Le M ac on

,

dem asque The Lib rary o f Lodge Q

’
. uatuor Coronati
possess es a copy of this edition A se c ond edition .
,

with th e addition of two b eautiful copper plates was -

issued b y R obinson and R o b erts L ondon in 1 7 68 , , .

W ilkinson issued a reprint of this w ith four copp er ,

plates in Dublin in 1 7 7 7 4 to viii 7 2 pp

, , ,
.

) ( 13

Tu b al Kain ; being the second part o f Solomon in all his

-

Glory With a ve ry long t itl e th e only edition known

.
,

b eing published b y W ilkin son with th e imprint L ondon ,

Nicoll Rep rint ed D ub lin

. Wilkinson There would .

th erefo re app ear to have b een an earli er edition 4 to .

,

3 2 pp This and M .ahh ab on e No 1 1 a b ove are the rarest ,

.
,

of the whole se ries .

( ) 14

1 8 24 -
5
. The Cat out of the b ag " Containing the whole secrets
and myste ries of freemasonry neve r b efo re dev ulg ed (sic ) .

By Runt 8c Pitcher L ondon . .

Published in four parts but I do not k now of an y ,

copies in li b raries or mus eums and W olfstieg gives ,

non e Some account o f it will be found in the F reem ason

. ,

vol x lvii ( 1 90 7
.
 alte red Ce rtain sections come in a different order an d
.
,

some passag es are left out ; it also has its own list of
su b scri b ers and what is of some interest a list of the
, ,

Lod g es in Jamaica in 1 7 8 1 w ith the nam es of their ,

o fficers The songs etc are however a di f ferent c ollec

.
, .

tion N either of these works is k no wn to W olfstieg

. .

He g ives howe ver the third o f the series wh ic h is 4 ,

The E lements o f Freemasonry delineated By R R ay . . .

Liverpool 1 7 8 8 This is only known from a atalogue . c

reference of 8 61 no lib rary appears to possess a copy
1 .

There w as a second edition pub lished at Belfast in 8 0 8 1 ,

whi c h is also of considerable rarity ; a cop y is in the

Library o f Quatuor Coronati The work is practically a .

rep roduction o f the publi ation of 1 7 8 2 e x cept for the c ,

omission of the lists of subscri b ers and lo al lodges ; c

also there is no w no localit y mentioned f or any o f the
prolo gues .

( 5)
T he Freemason s Monitor ’

,
or I llustrations of Masonry .

By a R oyal Arc h Mason . Albany S p encer and Webb .

1 7 97 . 8v o .

The w was T homas Smith Webb and the w ork is

riter
in t w o parts but with continuous p agination of whic h
, ,

the first is merely a version o f Preston s I llustrations ’

N o 3 above the second bein g a description o f the

.
,

ine ffable de grees There were many editions and in .

,

the later ones additional matter was introduced relating

"

to the history o f the Cra ft in America The original .

edition p agination 1 2 1 6 2 1 7 28 4 is o f exceptional

,
-
,
-
,

rarit y A rep rint was issued in N e w Y ork in 1 8 99

. .

6
( )
Le tures on Masonry W Fin h N o pla e or date o f
c . . c . c
p ublication but from what is known of Finch s career
,
’

the work can be dated with approx imate accura y c .

(7 )
Lectures and Ceremonies of Freemasonry W Fin ch 8 v o . . . .

As before there is no date or place of publication

, ,

and the w or k is only dated b y reference to the known

facts of Finch s career H e is usually re ferred to as th e
’
.

masonic charlatan he devised a system of Freemasonry

o f his o wn for the imparting of which he exacted fees
,
.

The catalogue of 1 8 61 re ferred to above (un der N o ,

.

m e nt ions bot h these publications .

 ( )
8
A pamp hlet printed by William Platt the Wor Master , .

of the L odg e of Friendship N o 2 6 with a lon g title

‘

.
, ,

dedicating to the membe rs o f the Lodge this cento

of shreds and patches gleaned from the eight eenth
century etc A reprint of an address delivered in the
,
”
.

Lodge The contents are mainly biographical there is a

.

copy in the Wo rcestershire M asonic Library .

Masoni c Le
ture s delivered in o p en L odge Chap ter etc
c , ,
.
,

by R W B r Col Alex ander Greenlaw (etc ) Madras

. . . .
,

Higgin b otham 81 C0 Pub lish ers and Books ellers 1 8 7 0

. . .

Printed at the A syliim Press M ount Road b y William

,

, ,

Thomas With a dedication to Earl M ayo and preface

.
, .

8v o p p viii 24 0
. .
,
.

W olfstieg gives the publisher as Trubn er but they can ,

only have published as London Agents for th e M adras

firm He also gives the date with a query but there
.
,

is no doubt about it He o nly kne w of the work from a .

reference in a masoni c periodic al .

) ( m
Unp ublished R e c ords of the Craft By William James .

H ugh an with valuable appendices

, London
Kennin g 1 8 7 1 8 v o ; 54 pp. . . .

O nly fifty copies were printed The great reputation .

Mr H ugh an sub sequently attained as a masonic student

.

has made all his early wo rks to b e eage rly sought afte r ;
but this and No A ii 1 7 have the added value of havin g
.
, ,

been originally pub lish ed in a v ery restricted edition .

( ) 11
Memorials o f the M asonic Union of A D 1 8 1 3 ( A . .

long title ) Compared and arranged by W i lliam James

.

H ug h an London : Chatto
. W indus 1 874 4 to ; . .

Plate ; 1 1 9 pp .

The work also included ( and the title referred to )

D assigny s S erious an d I m partial E n q uiry N o F 6 infra
’
. .
,

A rep rint was issu ed with additional matter by the ,

Leicester L odg e of Research in 1 9 1 3 .

) ( 12
1 8 84 . Origin of the English Rit e B y William James
H ugh an A prefac e b y T B W h yteh ead London :
. . . .

Kenning 1 8 8 4 8 v o 4 plates ; vii 1 50 pp

. .
, .

I n the pre face to the second edition of 1 90 9 M r J T , , . . .

 Thorp o f L eicester speak s of this first edition as follows
Th limited edition w as soon e x hausted and at the
e ,

present time it is almost impossi b le to obtain a copy

of the b ook even at a very high price
, .
”

( 3) I

B uilders Rites and Ceremonies Two Lec tures on the

’
.

folk lore of M ason ry delivered by G W Speth to the

-
,
. .

mem b ers of th e Church Institute M argat e on th e 3 oth , ,

Octo b er and 1 3 th Novem b er 1 8 93 M argate : P rinted , .

at K eble s Gaz ette O ffice 1 8 94 Pa p e r cove rs ; 8 v o ;

’

. .

52 pp O nly 20 0 copies printed

. .

( ) 14

A history of the W estminste r and Keystone L odge J W . . .

S Godding Plymouth : B renton

. . Son O nly 250 .

num b ered copi es printed .

The re are n um erous Lodg e and local Histories in ,

man y cas es p rivat ely printed and in limited editions ,

.

M r F L eigh Ga rdne r has catalogued all that he could

. .

t rac e in Vol I I I of his Catalogue R aisonne of work s on

.
’

th e Oc c ult S c ien c es but it w ould s erve no useful

purpose to attempt in this place to discriminate b etween
, ,

th em in respect of their rarity even if it could be done ,

s atisfactorily W olfstieg howeve r specifies one work

.
, ,

of th e kind as ra re which I should perhap s give It is

,
.

( S) I

1 882 . An att empt at compiling a History of Freemasonry in

Stafford (etc ) By T Ward Chalmers Wright S taf . . .

ford .

Of this there a cop y in the Worcestershire L ibrary .

 ()
e S E R M O N S A N D SP E E C H E S
( ) I

A SPEE CH D eliv er d to th e Worshi p ful and Ancient ’

Society of Free an d Acc ept ed M asons At a Gran d ,

Lodg e Held at M erc han t s H all in th e City o f

’

, ,

YORK on St John s D ay D ec em ber th e 2 7 th 1 7 26

,
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The R I G H T W OR S H I P F UL Charl es Bathu rst Esq ,

Grand M ast er By th e j un ior Gran d W arden

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Olim M em in issej u v abit Yo rk : P rinted for Th om as .

Gen t for the B en ifit of the Lodge

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Th e only copy that has b een t rac ed so far is in the

British M useum Th e Speech att ract ed much attention
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at the tim e and the re were s ev eral r ep rints in Cole s ’

Con stitution s A ( 1 ) 4 supra and elsewh ere

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It is also ,
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of conside rab l e historical importanc e and has in more

recent years b een rep roduced in H ugh an s M ason ic ’

S k etc h es and in other works .

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Brotherly Lov e Recomm ended .

A se rmon with a lo n g titl e ; p reach ed at Boston ,

U S A on 2 7 th D ec 1 7 4 9 b y Chas B rockw ell

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Pub .
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lish ed at Boston in 1 7 50 th e p rinte r b eing John D rape r , .

Th e only copy known is in the British M useum This .

W as also re p rinted in the Pocket Books .

(3 )
A Sermon p reached at Gloucester on 27 D ee and printed ,

for the Autho r by Ro b ert -Raikes Th e name of the .

preache r is unknown and th e only copy of th e se rmon ,

itself is an impe rfect on e in the Li b rary of Lodge Q uatuor

Coronati Vide No 23 1 of M r D ring s appendi x al ready
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cited 8 v o ; 24 pp There was a second edition in

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1 752 of 3 0 pp .

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1 752 M ason ry founded on Sc riptu re in a Se r
. mon p reached at ,

Chatham on N ew Y ear s D ay 1 7 52 by W illiam W illi ams ’

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London : 1 7 52 4 to M entioned in the 1 8 61 catalogue

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already referred to .

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1 757
. The Light and T ruth of M asonry e xp lained ( With a long .

title ) By Thomas D un c k erley London : Davey

. .

Law 8 v o ; 4 0 pp
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Two charges one d elivered at Plymouth on th e occasion

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of the dedicatin g of a new Lodge room at the Pope s ’

 Hea d Tavern t h e s econ d at t h e same Lo dge on t h e
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an d
2 4 th June in that year The Lodge Q uatuor Coronati.

possesses what appears to b e the only copy known .

There was a second edition in 1 7 58 4 to 24 pp which is , , .

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also of great rarity .

(6)
A Dis c ourse upon M asonry B y Geo rge M inty Dublin . .

Printed for the Autho r by Ale x M Culloh in S k inn er

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R ow ,
1 757 .

With a very lon g title The actual discourse was .

delivered in 1 7 4 2 when the author was M ast er of a Lodge

in England (which he do es not specify) H e appears to .

have emb arked on the pub lication as a means of raising

funds and in 1 7 7 2 h e b rought out a second edition
, ,

with the addition of fraternal melody the pub lisher ,

being Wilkinson of Dublin only on this occasion he stated ,

that the oration had b e en delive red in tha t same year ,

the locality b eing unsp ecified Both editions are quite .

rare .

At p 1 0 4 of Vol I X of the Transactions of Lodge

. .

Q uatuor Coronati will b e found comments on the wo rk

and its author b y Mr Conder who also transcribes in full
.
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the title page to th e fi rst edition .

(7 )
The E x cellency and Usefulness of M asonry By
Thomas B agnall London : Stuart 8 v o ; pp iv 53 2
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There is a copy in a masonic Li b rary at Hamburg .

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FREE M AS ON RY The H igh way to Hell a SE RM ON : -

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Whe rein is clearly p roved Both from Reason and ,

Scripture That all who p rof ess these M ysteries are

in a State of Et ernal D amnation (Two texts ) .

London : Printed in the Year m dcc l xviii , ,

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8 v o 22 p p .

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Th e same title but eternal omitted and the imp rint
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is : L ondon : Printed for Robinson and R oberts at -

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No 25 in Paternoster Row m dcc lxviii

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8m : 3 9 P
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E x cept in respect of pagin atlon and t itle these are ,

identical works and it is not possible to say which

appeared first Robinson and Rob erts were the p u b lishers
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of C 1 2 supra The so called Sermon was in p ractice a

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scurrilous pamp hlet and is quite unlikely to have b een

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ever delivered The writer is unkno wn A second edition

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 was p ublis h e d on M ay 2n d in th is sam e y ear also by , ,

Ro b inson and Ro b e rts and sold b y R Goadb y in ,

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Sh erb orn e There was a reprint b y W G Jones and

. . .

J . M illikin at D u b lin also

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in this same y ear There was , .

further a G erman t ranslation now and a French in 1 7 69 .

The pamphlet has b e en reprint ed with an introduction

as No V of the Leic ester M ason ic R eprin ts
. No
M asonic Li b rary appears to possess a copy of any edition .

W olfstieg g ives the date of the first edition as 1 7 61

( his No b ut. this is an error .

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M ASONRY the Turnpike Road to H appln ess his -

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Life and Ete rnal Happiness hereafter Dublin : .

Printed b y James H oey s enior at the / M erc ury , , ,

Skinner Row m dcc lxviii -

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8 v o 3 2 pp .

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The same b ut the imp rint is London Pub lish ed A pril 1 8
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1 7 68. Print ed for S Bladon in Paternoster Row and .

sold by R Goad b y in Sherb orne

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These again are duplicat es The fo rmer is re p rinted .

with No 7 supra in No V of the Leicester Reprints

. . .

The pamphlet is a reply to th e Sermon b y an unknown

author There is a copy of th e D ub lin edition at Leicester
. .

There was a German translation p u blished at Frank f ort

in 1 7 69 The Sermon p rovoked three other rej oinders
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all o f g reat rarity to day They are -

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1 7 68 . Remarks on a Sermon lately Published B y Joh n

Thompson London Printed b y S Axtell and H Hardy
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for T Evans at No 20 in P ater n oster R ow mdcclxviii

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( Price O ne Shilling ) 8 v o ; 3 5 pp . .

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Masonry Vin dic ated A sermon ( with a very lon g title )

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L ondon : printed for J Hinton 1 7 68 8 v o ; 3 5 pp . . . .

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A n Answer to a c ertain Pamphlet lately p ublished under

the solemn Title o f A Sermon or M asonry the Way to ,

Hell . B y John Jackson P h ilan th ropos 1 7 68 . . .

I n the Leicester Reprint M r J T Thorp in the . . .

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introduct ion observes that of the whole series there are

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probably not more than a doz en cop ies in existenc e .

These last three are unknown to W olfstieg .

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An O ratio n D elivered at the Dedication o f Freemason s
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H all on Thursday M ay 23 1 7 7 6 B y William D odd . .

Pub lish ed b y gene ral requ est under the sanction o f the
G rand Lodge London : Rob inson 1 7 7 6
. . .

The H all refe rred to is th e p res ent b uilding in G reat

Q u een St reet The
. sp eech was f requently rep rinted in
miscellanies b ut copies of th e o riginal pub lication are
,

scarce Th ere is on e at Worceste r

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O rations of Fred Dalcho Reprinted by p ermission of

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the autho r under the san ction of the I II the Coll ege of .

Knights of K H and the Original Chapter o f Prince

. .

M asons of I reland D u b lin : King

. .

Of e x t reme rarity ; a copy in the Lib rary of Lodg e

Q uatuor C o ronati and another
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at Worcester .
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or d 3 2 pp of w h ic h the.l
ast .
, 16 are s ongs .

The only cop y known is in the B M . .

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A DEFE N CE of M AS RY ON
ccasio n ed by a , O
Pamphlet call ed ,
M ason ry Dissected R arus .

S erm o illis ,
( g m ag n a Libido Tac en di
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Juv Sat 2 . . .

London : Printed for J Roberts near the Oxford .

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A rm s in W arwic k Lan e M D CC XXXI

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Unt il within a few years ago this work was only known
from th e advertisements of its pu b lication in the D aily
P ost and D ailyj ourn alof Dec 1 sth and 1 6th respectively .
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1 73 0 Th ere is now a copy in th e G rand Lodge Li b rary

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Collation 8vo half title title p p 1 27 I t was -

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rep rinted in the Constitution s of 1 7 3 8 with the same title ,

as also in Smith s F reemason s Pocket Comp anion of

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the same year ( B But it is noteworthy that in the

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Con stitution s it is desc ri b ed as p ub lished in 1 7 3 0 as in

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fact it was whereas the date on the title p age is I 7 3 1

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The Book M : or M asonry Triumphant In t w o p arts
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with a lon g title Newcastle upon Tyn e : Printed b y .

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Leonard Um frev ille and Company The first part is a .

history etc the second consists of songs and poems

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with a list of meeting places o f Lodges I t is in fact .

on the lines o f the Pocket Comp anions 8 v o x 7 6 ; .

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66 x p p ,
There is a c op y in the M asonic Li b rary at
.

Leeds .

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A Serious and I mpartial EN QUI RY Into the Cause of
the present D e c ay of F R EE M ASON R Y in the King dom
of Ireland B y F ifield D assigny M D Dub lin : . .

Printed by E dward B ate in George s lane near Dame ’

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St reet 4 to 8 0 pp O nly three copies known to exist

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one is in the Library of the G L of I owa and another . .

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at L eeds .

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1 0

8 A Colle c tion o f Freemasons son gsw ith c omplete list of all

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th e reg ular Lodg es both in England and Scotland do wn

to the year 1 7 58 by James Callendar Edinb urgh : .

Donaldson .

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1 7 65 A De f ence o f Freemasonry
. A lon g title the im print , ,

being : London : Print ed for the Author and sold

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b y W Flexn ey near Gray s I nn Gate H olborn

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and ’
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 E . Hood n ear S tation ers
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Hall Ludg ate S treet
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7 5 .

( Price One Shilling ) 4 to 64 pp This is a reply to .

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D ermott s attack on the G rand Lodg e and th e hi story

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as p ut forward by Ande rson and his followe rs The re .

is a copy in the Libra ry of Grand Lodg e the re m ay b e

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others in private ownership Reproduced in facsimile .

in Sadler s M ason ic R eprin ts 1 8 98

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1

Fraternal M elody " By Will Riley London : print ed for . .

th e Author in Great James Str eet Bedfo rd Row Hol b orn

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mdccl xxiii ( Price Two Shillings ) With a very long

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title ; gives songs etc for the use of a numb e r of diffe rent
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friendly societies There is a cop y in the Li b rary of

.

Grand Lodge .

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1 7 7 5 An
. Introduction to Freemason ry In fou r pa rts ; W . .

M eeson ; B irmin g ham 8v0 1 00 pp Pub lished b y .

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Pearson and R ollason R eprinted I n London b y Baldwin .

in 1 7 7 6 A lon g title ; a copy e x ists in the Li b rary of

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the Worcest ershire Provincial G L .

( ) 14

The Use and A b use of Freemasonry a work of the greatest

utility to the b rethren of the Societ y to mankind in ,

gene ral and to the ladies in particular By George Smith

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London : Kearsley 4 to ; xxvii 3 99 pp .

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There is a co py at H amb urg I t contains among .

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other matte rs a reprint of Dodd s O ration N o E 1 3

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The Institutes of Freemasonry ; to which are added a

choice coll ection of ep ilo gues songs etc Add ressed to , ,
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the Sea Cap tains Lodge Liverpool : Johnson 8 v o x

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2 66 p p A w ork on the lines of the Pocket Comp anions

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but with additional m atter .

( ) 16

The Philosophy of masons in several e p istles from Egyp t

to a no b leman L ondon : R idgway 8 v o x 265 pp
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By Thomas Marryat This provoked a reply by H E . . .

Holder pu b lished b y Pine B ristol in 1 7 9 1 ( 8 v o 22

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and to this in its turn an anonymous layman rej oin ed

in a Letter to H E Hold er ( Bristol : Routh 1 7 9 1 ; . .
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8 v o 1 1 pp
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, to which Holder r etorted with An Answer

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to the layman s letter ( B ristol : Pine 1 7 9 1 8 v o 8 pp

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The whole set is rare .

 ( ) 17

The Fre emason s Repository with songs odes etc

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and th e sec ret way of writing us ed among M asons

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Birmingham P rint ed b y an d for J Sketchley Auction

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eer No 1 3 9 M oor Street m d 8 v o As Sk etchl ey got

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into fi n ancial diffi culties in 1 7 94 the b ook is not lat er

and Kloss considered it was pub lished in 1 7 8 6 The re
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was a s econd edition in 1 8 1 2 (cf N ote b y M r J T . . . .

Thorpe in Tran s QC x viii . . .

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) ( 18

The mason ic M useum Containing a select collection of.

th e most cele b rated songs sung in all respectab l e Lodges , ,

with a complete list of the Lodges of Instruction .

London : Roach .

There was a second edition in 1 8 0 1 there is a copy

of the first at Worcester .

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An Enquiry into the late disputes among the Freemasons

of Ireland Belfast : Printed by Joseph Smyth ,

1 1 5 H igh Street 1812 . .

W ith an e x t raordinarily ver b ose title which will be ,

found in full at p 58 of Vol X of the Transactions of

. .

Lodge Q uatuor Coronati D r Chetwode Crawley only . .

knew of two copies when describing the w ork in 1 8 97

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1818 . M asonic M elodi es ; b

ing a choic e s election of the most
e

app roved masonic so n gs etc etc th e whol e set to

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music By Luke E astm ann Boston : 1 8 1 8 . .

Th ere is a second edition of 1 8 2 5 b ut it is not of the ,

same rarity .

1 880 . The medals of the M asonic Frate rnity described and illus
trated By William T R M arvin Boston : 1 8 8 0
. . . . .

4 to ; x 3 9 pp
2 , ; 1 8 plates
. O nly 1 60 copies w e re .

issued .

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2 2

1 8 91 A Catalogue o f Bib liographies lists and catalogues o f w ork s ,

on Freemasonry Compiled b y H J Whymper London :

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. . . .

4 to 1 6 p p O nl.y 1 0 0 c opies issued .

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:

In c on c lusion a w ord may p erhap s be said as to s p urious

book s The non e x istent First Part o f the Con stitution s
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of 1 8 1 5has already been referred to but one occasionally

se es mention made of an edition of th e Con stitution s
printed at B russels in 1 7 2 2 The re is no such work . .

Two works of dates p rior to 1 7 22 are given by Kloss ;

they are A S hort A n alysis of th e un c h ang ed rites an d
c erem on ies of F reem ason s said to be p rint ed for Steph en

Dilly in 1 67 6 and Observation s an d E n quiries relating to

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th e broth erh ood of th e F reem ason s suppos ed to b e w ritt en

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by Sim eon T own s end and pub lish ed in 1 7 1 2 Th ey .

have not b een t rac ed and the dat es assign ed to them

make it unlikely that th ey ever will b e A list of all .

such bibliographical referenc es is given b y M r Dring .

at the end of the App endix to his Inaugural Address ,

to which refer ence has al ready been mad e and to which ,

I would once more e x p ress my indebtedn ess as to man y

items in the p resent compilation I would also wish to .

acknowledge the assistanc e and info rmation given me b y

M r W J S on g h urst th e Sec reta ry of th e Q
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uatuor
Co ronati Lodg e and th e h elp r ende red b y putting at my
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disposal many wo rks in th e Lodge Lib rary .

Th e l
M or an d Pr ess, Ltd , P rinters , 1 90 E bury S t . .
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B E R NA R D cg J A R I T c H , LT D
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ear l y an d rare book s , su c h as th e Con sti tu ti on s ,

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A NE W E N CYC L O PAE D I A or F RE E M AS O N RY
( A rs M ag na La tom orum )
A nd of Cog n ate ln stituted M ysteries, Th eir R ites, Literature,
an d H istory

By A dwa rd a ite, P M , P Z , P a st S en ior Grand

rth ur E arden o f W . . . . W
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I owa etc A uth or of Th e S ec ret Tradition in F reem asonry, etc , etc

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THE M EAN I N G O F M AS O N RY
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b e on e e t at th e a t or h as st e th e t t e
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M AS O N I C L E G E N D S A N D T RA D I T I O N S
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W OM EN AN D F R E E M AS O N RY
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