Rare, 1856, New, Masonic Trestle-Board, Work, Lectures, Lodges, Chapters, Councils, retailer Knights Templars, Encampments, Amazing Illustrations

Here, we bring to market a very sought after collectible. Entitled: The New Masonic Trestle-Board, Adapted to the Lectures as Practiced in The Lodges, Chapters, Councils, and Encampments of the Knights Templars in the United States of America. Written, and published by Charles Whitlock Moore. Published in 1856. Freemasonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternity. It is comprised of adult men (18+) of good character from every country, religion, race, age, income, education, and opinion. Its body of knowledge and system of ethics is based on the belief that each man has a responsibility to improve himself while being devoted to his family, his faith, his country, and his fraternity. The Preface states: "This work was originally prepared by order of the National Masonic Convention, held at Baltimore, Md., in 1843; and was first submitted to the Fraternity in that year. The present edition has been carefully revised; and such corrections and additions have been made. retailer Charles Whitlock Moore, Editor of the Masonic Journal in Boston from 1825 to his death in 1872 - A span of fifty years in which voluminous Masonic Literature was produced which is still recognized today. The following work, although chiefly intended for the use of the ancient and honorable society of Free and Accepted Masons, is also calculated to explain the nature and design of the Masonic Institution to those who may be desirous of becoming acquainted with its principles, whether for the purpose '0f initiation into the society, or merely for the gratification of their curiosity. The Observations upon the three first degrees are, many — Of them taken from Preston's Illustrations of Masonry, with' some necessary alterations. Mr. Preston's distribution of the first lecture into six, the second into four, and the third into twelve sections, not being agreeable to the mode of working in America, they are differently arranged in this work. 5" x 7-3/4", 200+ pps