The Early French Exposures [1737-1751]. London, The Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076. Printed in Great Britain by Burgess & Son (Abingdon) Ltd, Abingdon Berkshire 1971. With numerous illustrations in the text [black and white reproductions]. [2], XX, [2] w., 488 S. Roter OLeinwand-Band mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.
Bayreuth S.541. Dittrich 2252. - First edition, „printed for private circulation and available only to Members of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076, London, and of the Correspondence Circle“. - Contents: List of Illustrations. General Introduction: Early ritual materials in Britain. The Rev. H. Poole’s work on „Masonic Ritual and Secrets before 1717“. The „Edinburgh“ group of texts and the „Haughfoot fragment“. Knoop, Jones and Hamer, and The Early Masonic Catechisms. Prichard’s Masonry Dissected, 1730. The thirty-year gap in English publications, 1730-1760; a fresh stream begins in France in 1737. - Authorship; Classification; Bibliography; Treatment of the Texts. The Editor’s Acknowledgements. - List of Texts: 1. Réception d’un Frey-Maçon 1737. 2. La Réception Mystérieuse 1738. 3. La Secret des Francs-Maçons 1742. 4. Le Catéchisme des Francs-Maçons 1744. 5. La Franc-Maçon 1744. 6. La Parfait Maçon 1744. 7. Le Sceau Rompu 1745. 8. L’Ordre des Francs-Maçons Trahi 1745. 9. Les Francs-Maçons Ecrasés 1747. 10. La Désolation des Entrepreneurs Modernes du Temple de Jerusalem 1747. 11. L’Anti-Maçon 1748. 12. Le Maçon Démasqué 1751. Index [compiled by G. Norman Knight, ...President of the Society of Indexers]. - Einband minimal berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar.
