Photographic souvenir. Grand Encampment of Knights Templar Twenty-Sixth Triennial Conclave held at Boston, Mass, Aug. 26-31. . . .
by [FREEMASONRY -- KNIGHTS TEMPLAR]. MASON, William A. & PARKMAN, William (Eds.)
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About This Item
Boston: A.A. Rothenberg & Co., 1895. Oblong thick folio. 14 x 11 in. 499, [9] pp. Illustrated title, over 2000 text photos, photo illustrations, illustrations. Original publisher’s padded pebble-grain brown morocco, gilt illustration of Knight Templar on front cover, lettering, gilt lettering on spine, a.e.g., w/ original gift box & lid (hinges reinforced with cloth tape), NF/G copy, w/ original issue of the August 27, 1895 issue of the Boston Herald devoted to the Encampment laid-in. First edition of this spectacular and scarce work visually chronicling this massive meeting of over 40,000 Freemason Knights Templar in Boston during the Gilded Age. This Conclave was the height of pomp and circumstance for the Philanthropic Chivalric Order of Freemasons, and they seem to have taken over the entire city. The New York Times notes that “Boston has seldom, if ever, been so elaborately decorated. Practially every building along the line of the march, besides many of the side streets, is clothed in color, with appropriate mottoes and Masonic emblems intertwined with streamers and bunting.” This spectacular work depicts the 1000s of the participants, participating lodges, the special Masonic badges and ribbons for the event, regalia, the active lodges in Boston at the time, and more. The California Commandery was one of the earliest to arrive in their specially equipped train, who upon mounting their horses, was escorted through the city by the Boston Commandery. Worldcat locates 2 copies.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Title
- Photographic souvenir. Grand Encampment of Knights Templar Twenty-Sixth Triennial Conclave held at Boston, Mass, Aug. 26-31. . . .
- Author
- [FREEMASONRY -- KNIGHTS TEMPLAR]. MASON, William A. & PARKMAN, William (Eds.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.A. Rothenberg & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1895.
- Keywords
- Masons, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Occult, Christian Theology, Fraternal Orders, Spirituality, Ritual, Egyptology, Knights Templar, Chivalry, Conclave, Boston, Illustrated Books, fine Bindings, Leather bindings, Victorian, 19th-century imprints, Scottish
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