[Freemasonry] ROSEN, Paul - Lot 104

[Freemasonry] ROSEN, Paul Satan et Cie. Universal association for the destruction of the social order. Complete and definitive revelations of all the secrets of Freemasonry. Paris and Tournai, Vve H. Casterman et Leipzig, L. Kittler, 1888, in-8, posterior green half-percaline, smooth spine, 416 pp. eleven plates and tables, most of them folding, including a frontispiece in sanguine. Yellowed paper. Old library stamp on title page. First edition. Dorbon 6557. Caillet 9591: "This violent Masonic critique was a prodigious success when it first appeared. These are indeed complete revelations, but in which everyone can easily discern the truth. This is one of the most well-done works on the subject. It is adorned with numerous fold-out plates depicting costumes, insignia and decorations for each rank, as well as chronological and genealogical tables. The frontispiece is a large plate printed in sanguine, and entitled: Supreme Emblem of Freemasonry, presenting the complete recapitulation of Freemasonic doctrines."