Richardson's Monitor of Free-Masonry: Being a Practical Guide to the Ceremonies in All the Degrees Conferred in Masonic Lodges, Chapters, Encampments, &c. Explaining the Signs, Tokens and Grips, and Giving all the Words, Pass-Words, Sacred Words, Oaths, and Hieroglyphics Used by Masons. The Ineffable and Historical Degrees are Also Given in Full.
Chicago: Ezra A. Cook, 1975. 16mo, 200, [8] pages, publisher's original gilt-lettered and decorated red cloth covered boards. Illustrated with black-and-white in-text illustrations. Richardson’s Monitor of Free-Masonry is a practical Masonic guide outlining the ceremonies, forms, and degree work used in lodges, chapters, and encampments. Written as a reference for Masonic ritual and instruction, the book reflects the 19th-century tradition of printed monitors intended to aid members in understanding the structure, symbolism, and procedures of Freemasonry. This Ezra Cook edition is a later reprint of Richardson’s influential Masonic manual, useful as a reference work for collectors of fraternal, Masonic, and esoteric literature. Hinges starting to crack, spine slightly sunned, some age toning and discoloration, title in manuscript on the top edge, else in good + condition. Item #372
Price: $80.00