ANONYME
[FRANC-MACONNERIE] Unique recueil de 38 planches lithographiées[Freemasonry] Unique collection of 38 lithographed plates
Teissier et Cie|Paris s. d. [1870]|32.5 x 49.5 cm|Relié
A probably unique copy, comprising pulls of proofs of Masonic illustrations containing 38 plates, the majority double-page, numbered in red pencil from 1 to 40 (discontinuous numbering, with bis plates).
Not recorded in Caillet or Dorbon.
Bound in full black cloth, smooth spine, no lettering, title label pasted onto the upper cover, modern binding.
A restored tear in the left margin of plate 10, two angular tears in the left margin of plate 12 without affecting the image. Published by the Masonic booksellers Teissier et Cie, lithographed by J. Rigal et Cie and, in some cases, by A. Appert.
A highly interesting document on nineteenth-century Freemasonry
€6,000