Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(FREEMASONRY.) [Dermott, Laurence.] Ahiman Rezon Abridged and Digested: as a Help to . . . Free and Accepted Masons. Frontispiece plate. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; minor dampstaining. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1783

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first american edition of the masonic book of constitutions. Includes a dedication leaf to General George Washington "in testimony, as well of his exalted services to his country, as of that noble philanthropy which distinguishes him among Masons." Appended are 30 pages of Masonic songs. The volume concludes with a sermon by William Smith of the University of Pennsylvania, which has its own title page and dedication to Washington. Evans 17915; Sabin 84584.