THE ROYAL MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA

782+xviiipp arranged alphabetically, introductions by R.A.Gilbert and John Hamill, bound half leather in natural goatskin finished to a high polish, sides in azure blue cloth, matching marbled endpapers, title gilt to spine in 19th century type and 22 carat gold foil Fine hardback When first published the Cyclopaedia’s greatest influence was on those esoterically inclined Freemasons who created the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, making it an essential text for anyone interested in occultism of that period