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AHIMAN REZON ABRIDGED & DIGESTED: AS A HELP TO ALL THAT ARE, OR WOULD BE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. To Which is Added, a Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia.....
by Smith, William D. D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers. Very Good. 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: "At a General Communication, Celebrated, Agreeable to the Constitution on Monday, December 28, 1778, as the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist". The first book of Masonic law published by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. It was prepared by the Grand Secretary, the Rev. Brother William Smith, D. D. , Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, it was approved by the Grand Lodge November 22, 1781, published in 1783, and dedicated to Brother George Washington Full leather with raised bands on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pages are slightly age toned. (xvi) ,166pp. Pictorial frontispiece. Prior owners inscription on front endpaper. Rear endpapers contains hand written notes by Mason, S. Mayhew, dated 1871. Preserved in a custom made book box covered in blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Religion, Americana; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 166 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16670
- Title
- AHIMAN REZON ABRIDGED & DIGESTED: AS A HELP TO ALL THAT ARE, OR WOULD BE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. To Which is Added, a Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia.....
- Author
- Smith, William D. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1783
- Keywords
- Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
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