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1. Crapouillot – No. 20: Secret Societies Author / Director: Jean Galtier-Boissière Title: Secret Societies (Freemasonry, Craft Guilds, Carbonari, Black Hand, Secret Societies of the Orient, Cagoule, Ku Klux Klan, Synarchy) Year / Publisher: Paris, Crapouillot (Era price: 400 Francs) Monographic issue of the celebrated French illustrated magazine Crapouillot, entirely dedicated to the phenomenon of secret and reserved societies. The issue offers a wide historical and critical panorama ranging from traditional Freemasonry to the guilds of the Craft, up to the Carbonari, Oriental sects, and the political and paramilitary organizations of the 20th century. Illustrated cover with rich period iconography and engravings inspired by Freemasonry and ritual. In 4to, 80 pages, richly illustrated. 2. Alec Mellor – Freemasonry at the Hour of Choice Publisher: Concordance Series Description: Work by one of the most authoritative French historians and expositors specializing in the history of religions and the arts of governance. Mellor analyzes modern challenges facing Freemasonry, examining its spiritual and institutional evolution and future prospects. On the cover are depicted classic Masonic symbols: the Square, the Compasses, the Book of the Holy Law, the J and B pillars, and the checkered floor. In 8vo, 496 pages. 3. Marcel Lobet – The Templars: Monks and Warriors Publisher: Collections Lebège & Nationale, Office de Publicité S.A. Éditeurs, Brussels Description: A concise and effective historical study dedicated to the origins, rise, and dramatic ending of the Order of the Temple. The author explores its dual nature as monks and warriors, highlighting both military aspects and spiritual heritage. Paperback with a pictorial cover featuring the characteristic eight-point cross and the chivalric seal (Sigillum Militum Christi). In 8vo small, 126 pages. 4. Jean-Étienne de Camille – Cain, Father of Freemasonry At Olmer, Librairie de l'Univers, Paris (1875) Rare and curious traditionalist esoteric-polemical pamphlet dating to the 19th century. The work traces a symbolic and doctrinal exegesis that attributes to Cain the spiritual lineage and foundational principle of secret societies and masonry. Frontispiece bears the quotation from the Brief of Pope Pius IX to the Catholics of Mainz, October 11, 1875. In 16°, 77 pages. 5. Serge Hutin – Secret Societies Que sais-je? Series (No. 581), Presses Universitaires de France (PUF), Paris A cornerstone of popular French non-fiction by Serge Hutin, renowned historian of esotericism and alchemy. The text analyzes the structure, collective psychology, initiatory rites, and social function of secret societies through the ages, with a rigorous, scientific focus. In 16°, 120 pages. 6. J. Berteloot – Freemasonry and the Catholic Church (2 Volumes) Vol. I: Motifs of Condemnation Vol. II: Perspectives of Pacification Publisher: Collana Hommes et Cité, Éditions du Monde Nouveau Description: Complete two-volume work fundamental to understanding the complex and centuries-old relations between Catholicism and Masonic obediences. The first volume examines papal bulls, ecclesiastical condemnations, and theological motives of the conflict, while the second explores possibilities for dialogue, pacification, and mutual historical understanding. In 8°, 242 pages + 151 pages. 7. G. H. Luquet (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Doctor of Letters, Grand Chancellor of Honor of the Grand College of Rites) Freemasonry and the State in France in the XVIIIth Century Vitiano Éditeur, Paris, undated A monograph of high academic and documentary value focusing on the role played by Masonic lodges in 18th-century France and their complex relations with the authorities of the Ancien Régime. Color illustrated cover with the symbolic pyramid and the wax seal of the Grand Lodge of Masters of the Orient of Paris. In 8°, 347 pages. 8. Bernard Faÿ – Freemasonry and the Intellectual Revolution of the XVIIIth Century Paris. De Cluny, 1935. In 8°, 286 pages. Important historical essay by Bernard Faÿ, renowned scholar and historian of Enlightenment thought. The volume traces the influence of Masonic thought on cultural, philosophical, and political transformation in the 18th century, highlighting the contribution of lodges to the dissemination of encyclopedic and rationalist values. 9. Robert-Freke Gould – Abridged History of Freemasonry (English text translated by Louis Lartigue) J. Lebègue & C.ie, Libraires-Éditeurs, Brussels, 1903. In 8°. 476 pages. French edition of the famous historical synthesis by the eminent English historian R. F. Gould, co-founder of the Quatuor Coronati research lodge. The volume traces the history of Freemasonry from the operative origins of medieval craft guilds to the development of modern speculative Freemasonry. The lot includes the work with the frontispiece (featuring quotations from Henry Hallam and Lord Acton and the emblem with the Square and Compasses) and its gray publisher’s cover bearing the towers and the square. 10. Emmanuel Rebold – General History of Freemasonry Based on Its Ancient Documents and the Monuments Raised by It, from its Foundation in the Year 715 B.C. Until 1850. Original edition of a foundational work for 19th-century Masonic historiography. Rebold, a prominent figure in French masonry, offers a substantial chronological and documentary reconstruction of the origins and development of the institution, starting from the guilds of ancient Roman and medieval times to the mid-19th century. Text printed on old paper with natural foxing that attests to its authenticity. In 8°, 324 pages. 11. Léo Taxil (pseudonym for Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès). La France Maçonnique: New Disclosures (Including the propaganda pamphlet Les Francs-Maçons: Men Politicians). Paris, Dépôt Central: Aux Bureaux de La Petite Guerre / Chez tous les Libraires, 1888. In 8°, 446 pages. A rare and important testimony of the famous anti-Masonic campaign orchestrated by Léo Taxil at the end of the 19th century. The volume contains the author’s revelatory notes aimed at publishing lists of public figures, senators, deputies, officials, and officers belonging to the French lodges. It includes the original 64-page propaganda pamphlet inside. A piece of notable historical-documentary interest on the antimasonry of the era. 12. Henri Boos (German to French translation by Alexandre Gavard) Manuel de la Franc-Maçonnerie, composed under the order of the Great Swiss Alpina Lodge. Aarau, H. R. Sauerländer & Co., Libraires-Éditeurs, 1894. Rare ritual and doctrinal manual commissioned directly by the Grand Lodge of Switzerland Alpina for the instruction of its members. The text offers a clear and systematic view of the principles, duties, and symbolisms of the Swiss Obedience between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A bound-copy exemplar. In 8°, 601 pages. Some volumes show light repair works, and one volume needs rebinding. Very good and usable interior.

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