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A Book of the Antient Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Masons. (Cole, Benjamin). 1728—9.
Author:- Cole, Benjamin
Date:- 1728 -
UGLE Classification:- BE 94 COL - Government and Organisation of the Craft: Constitutions and Laws, Texts
WMLMT Classification:- Constitutions,Regulations
Country of Origin:- England -
Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)
Details
Dedicated to the Right Honble. the Lord Kingston, Grand Master
This is a copper plate printed reproduction of what is known as “Cole’s MS.,” or “Spencer’s MS.,” and is in reality one of the “Old Charges” which were used by the Lodges prior to the advent of the Grand Lodge in 1717 The first of the kind is known as Roberts MS printed in 1722 both being given in Spencer’s edition of the “Old Constitutions.” The second edition of Cole’s MS. of 1731, also in this collection, has many additions, and also a frontispiece. The third, of 1751, and the fourth, of 1762, are ordinary typographical copies, the series of four being herein complete, the only quartette in one library I have met with.
Properties
pp. 57, 36, Prologue and Epilogue at end. 6½”x4”. B.Cole, London, 1728/9
