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Quite heavy rubbing to spine cloth and to margins of boards. Internally very good. Owner's signature"R B B Willis"on endpapers. Gutters intact at hinges.;"New Edition". xvi, 355 pages + [20], [12] pages advertisements. Maroon cloth boards with gilt illustrations in panels on spine. Page dimensions: 188 x 109mm."The Second Edition was delayed by circumstances over which the Author had no control. But as it has been profusely quoted and pertinaciously adduced in proof of the deistical tendency of the Order, its republication has become necessary to vindicate it from such a grave and serious charge. [.] He has also fortified the present Edition with such an abundance of authorities, that he trusts, if the doctrines he is desirous of inculcating have been hitherto open to misapprehension, that they cannot now be either misunderstood by the Fraternity, pressed by the cowan into the service of infidelity, or perverted to sustain any immoral, frivolous, or anti-Christian hypothesis."- from the preface to the Second Edition.; 12mo 7"- 7½"tall
The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry, in Twelve Lectures, on its Speculative, Operative, and Spurious Branches (Books)
Author
G. [George] (Rev.) Oliver
Title
The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry, in Twelve Lectures, on its Speculative, Operative, and Spurious Branches
Publisher name
R. Spencer, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1856
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d