[Freemasonry] - Reunion of 3 "Masonic catechisms". - Lot 420

[Freemasonry] - Reunion of 3 "Masonic catechisms". 1/ - Instructions for the first three grades of Freemasonry. S.l.n.d. [late 18th century]. In-12 full morocco binding (crushed) with smooth spine, boards decorated with a large frame of flowers alternating with stars, the center is occupied by the three Masonic dots each surrounding a small star, monogram "J.B.", spine decorated with a semis of stars and scrolls - snag on head cap, 2 wormholes on spine without consequence for the text, spalls - 159 pp. Rare Masonic binding. 2/ - [Anonymous] - Nouveau catéchisme des Francs-Maçons, augmenté de trois figures en taille-douce, de plusieurs chansons. S.l., A l'Orient, 5783[1783] - In-16, bound in modern full shagreened calf, title upright (à la chinoise) - 9 ff. including dominot covers lined with japon paper with missing corners and text for the last leaf, pll. mounted on miter, pp. 93-94 bound after 95-96 - 96 pp. 3 engraved pll. h-t (introduction de l'apprenti, serment de l'apprenti, entrée en loge de maître). Rare but working copy. 3/ - [Anonymous] - Le vrai Maçon containing the catechism of the first three grades, the opening and closing of the various Lodges, the Table instruction, general and particular health, as well as the duties of the first officers in charge; enriched with an infinite number of symbolic requests and answers, the explanation of emblems and a large number of notes as curious as they are useful, etc. Philadelphia, chez l'Équerre, rue du Niveau au Perpendiculaire, (5825) [1825]. In-12, 18th-century pastiche binding in full 19th-century calf, ornate ribbed spine, red title page - stain on first leaf with less damage to next 3 ff. - 108 pp. Enclosed: Cahiers des grades symboliques. Grand Orient de France. Supreme Council for France and French possessions. 1880. In-4 bound in green half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt titles, first cover inscribed in gilt lettering within a gilt triangle "Or.-. / de / Narbonne / La Loge / L'Indépendante / 5884" - paper missing from first cover - [2 ff.], 101 pp, [1 f., issue of this notebook to the Lodge l'Indépendante, by the secretariat of the G.O.D.F. (24/