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SCARLET BOOK OF FREE MASONRY (Freemasonry) Containing a Thrilling and Authentic Account of the Imprisonment, Torture, and Martyrdom of Freemasons and Knights Templars, for the Past Six-Hundred Years; Also An Authentic Account of the Education, Remarkable Career, and Tragic Death of the Renowned Philosopher Pythagoras. Recent Remarkable Discovery of Masonic Emblems on an Ancient Obelisk in Egypt.
by by the Author of Masonic Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled, etc. (Redding, M. W.)
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New York: Redding & Co. Masonic Publishers, (1880). hardcover. Good. 473 pages. Illustrated with four full page color plates, including frontispiece, as well as numerous black and white plates (one folding) and vignettes in the text. Small thick quarto with cloth covers. Covers were probably red at one time but are now faded to mauve with brown at edges and on spine. Decorated in black and gilt. With the embossing stamp of spiritual teacher, Joseph A. Sadony, on top margin of title page and Preface page. Binding is tight. 092717C
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- SCARLET BOOK OF FREE MASONRY (Freemasonry) Containing a Thrilling and Authentic Account of the Imprisonment, Torture, and Martyrdom of Freemasons and Knights Templars, for the Past Six-Hundred Years; Also An Authentic Account of the Education, Remarkable Career, and Tragic Death of the Renowned Philosopher Pythagoras. Recent Remarkable Discovery of Masonic Emblems on an Ancient Obelisk in Egypt.
- Author
- by the Author of Masonic Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled, etc. (Redding, M. W.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Redding & Co. Masonic Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1880)
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- 0.00 lbs
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