FREEMASONRY. [LA TIERCE (Louis-François de)] Histoire Obligations et Statuts de la très vénérable confraternité des Francs-Maçons tirez de leurs archives et conformes aux traditions les plus anciennes approuvez de toutes les Grandes Loges & mis au jour pour l'Usage commun des Loges répandues sur la surface de la Terre. Frankfurt, François Varrentrapp, 1742; in 12, vellum, crowned monogram stamped on upper cover. Contemporary binding. Uncommon edition of one of the earliest texts on the origins of Freemasonry; the author, from a Protestant family, founded the Union Lodge in Frankfurt sur Maine in 1742, before going into exile in England. Copy complete with frontispiece engraved by I. Thornhill and engraved by A. Rheinhardt, and the five music plates engraved at the end of the volume. Barbier, II, 821. PHOTOS TO COME WITHIN 3 DAYS