(FREEMASONRY) [Laurence Dermott] Ahiman Rezon Abridged and D

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(FREEMASONRY.) [Laurence Dermott.] Ahiman Rezon Abridged and Digested: as a Help to . . . Free and Accepted Masons. Frontispiece plate. xvi, 166 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear; moderate foxing and toning, minimal dampstaining, lacking part of front free endpaper; 2 ownership signatures on front pastedown. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1783

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First American edition of the Masonic book of constitutions. Includes a printed dedication leaf by William Smith of the University of Pennsylvania (the publisher) 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 Smith, which has its own title page and dedication to Washington. Evans 17915; Sabin 84584.