GOULD, Robert Freke, 1836-1915.: The History of Freemasonry, its antiquities, symbols, constitutions, customs, etc; embracing an investigation of the records of the organisations of the fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany and the United States , London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 84, 85, 86 Chancery Lane, W.C. [ no date - c. 1900-1910 ].

A very clean 3 volume set in matching half leather bindings. 11.5" x 9" x 1.75" . Original black leather spine and corners, over blue cloth with bright gilt titles to both (just a little rubbing and fading to the spines). All page edges bright gilt. Original endpapers. No inscriptions or library details. Very clean throughout with all illustrations as called for. All full-page plates protected with tissue guards. Very clean throughout. An excellent set. N.B.: Please note this set weighs 15lbs (7kg), so there will be an extra charge for posting overseas. ** Robert Freke Gould (1836-1915): This well-known historian of Freemasonry had a varied career. Born in 1836, and died March 26, 1915. He entered the English army at the age of eighteen, becoming a lieutenant in the same year, and serving with distinction in North China in 1869. On his return to England he studied law and became a barrister in 1868. He was initiated at Ramsgate in the Royal Navy Lodge, No. 429, and was Master of the Inhabitants Lodge at Gibraltar, also of the Meridian Lodge, No. 743, a Military Lodge attached to his regiment. Afterward he held the Chair of the Moira, Quatuor Coronati and Jerusalem Lodges. In 1880 he was appointed Senior Grand Deacon of England. He had been a constant writer in the Masonic press since 1858; in 1879 he published The Four Old Lodges and The Atholl Lodges, and in 1899 a book on Military Lodges. But his greatest work is the History of Freemasonry in three large volumes, which occupied him from 1882 to 1887, which was followed in 1903 by A Concise History of Freemasonry abridged from the larger work and brought up to date. - Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry . (Book ref. 37200)  £225.00

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