Verlag: The Hague, R. van Laak, 1787
Anbieter: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. La Lire Maçonne, ou Recueil de Chansons des Francs-Maçons. Revué, corrigé, mis dans un nouvel ordre, & augmenté de quantité de Chansons qui n'avoient point encore paru Avec les airs notes tant pour le chant que pour le violon & la flute. The Hague, R.van Laak, 1787. 8vo. [12]f + xvi + 536p (pp519 -520 duplicated). Title in red & black, engraved vignette signed 'frere Boëly', woodcut head- and tail-pieces, numerous pages of printed music, printer's ornaments throughout. With:[BURCKHEIM, Jean de] Regle Maçonnique, à l'usage des loges réunies et rectifiées arrêtée au Convent Général de Wilhelmsbad. Seconde Edition. The Hague, I. van Cleef, 5797, 24p. Contemporary maroon calf, front & back covers with gilt borders, 'Les Vrais Bataves' on front, 'W; A. Snoek' on back, both in gilt, gilt title on spine lable, gilt floral and spiral ornament in spine panels. A rare Dutch Masonic volume prepared for members of the Amsterdam lodge preserved in a contemporary masonic binding. Augmented and corrected 4th edition (first: 1763) comprising 270 songs in French and in Dutch (50), many accompanied by musical scores, the majority with words written by the above authors; directions for accompanying music frequently suggest that of a popular air or dance, to accompany the violin or flute. The songs celebrate the life of he Freemason and the Order of the different lodges, its virtues, pleasures, duties, and ceremonies. The second work comprises the masonic rules for the reunited lodges as agreed at the Convention of Wilhelmsbad. An attractive volume in its original masonic binding with the owner s name gilt-stamped on back cover. Barbier iv,190; Fesch, Bibliographie de la Franc-Maconnerie et des societes secretes, col.1442. Signed by Author(s).