(BRUDER B.)

Ursprung und Gegenstand der Maurerey. Nebst zwoen Freymäurer-Reden. Von dem Bruder B.

Im Osten (Leipzig), 1783.

8vo. In contemporary patterned paper covered boards. Spine with wear and some loss of paper. Ex-libris (Axel Bredahl) pasted on to verso of front board. Internally with occassional light browning, but generally nice and clean. Printed on good paper. 86 pp.

Scarce first edition of this German Masonic tract on the origins and purpose of Freemasonry, with two lodge orations, published under a fictitious imprint (“Im Osten”). Rarely found in the trade.

Order-nr.: 63010