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‎The spirit of masonry in moral and elucidatory lectures. By Wm. Hutchinson Master of the Barnardcastle Lodge of Concord. ‎

‎London, E. Wilson’s, Printed for J. Wilkie, N° 71 in St. Paul’s Church-yard and W. Goldsmith, N° 24 Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLXXV. 1775, in-8vo, engraved frontispiece (W. Hutchinson del: 1769) + VII (+ 1 blank) + 1 leaf (the contents) + 239 p. (+ 1 blank) + 17 p. (+ 1 errata) appendix, some staining to title & frontispice, contemporary full calf, first joint cracked, (first bookcover loose).‎

‎First edition. Hutchinson was an ardent freemason; he was master of his local lodge and wrote a spirited defence of the craft, [the above] which ran to several editions, the last being published in 1862. Wolfstieg, Bibl. der Freim. Lit. N° 892 (only the 1862 edition, published in ‘The universal masonic library’ Ed. by Rob. Morris. Image disp.‎