CROSS, R.W. JEREMY L.

The true Masonic chart, or hieroglyphic monitor; containing the emblems explained in the degrees of Entwere Apprentice, Fellew-Craft, Master Mason, Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, Royal Arch, Royal Master, and Select Master. Second edition.

New Haven, John C. Gray, 1820.

8vo. In contemporary full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Wear and some scratches to binding. Title-page with closed tear and closely trimmed in upper margin (with no loss of text). Internally with occassional brownspotting, expecially affecting plates. (2), 14, 13, 196 pp. 44 plates (including 1 handcoloured map) and 1 frontispiece. 

Early and highly influential American Masonic monitor compiled by Jeremy Ladd Cross, Grand Lecturer and one of the principal figures in the systematization of Masonic ritual in the United States. First published in 1819, this present second edition represents one of the earliest widely disseminated forms of the work. It provides a structured exposition of the symbolic “hieroglyphs” and emblems employed across the Craft and higher degrees. It was intended both as an instructional manual and as a help to standardize ritual practice.

Order-nr.: 63011