[Freemasonry] - Reunion of 2 series of Masonic initiation ri - Lot 425

[Freemasonry] - Reunion of 2 series of Masonic initiation rituals, presented in small notebooks made from 18 x 24.5 cm sheets folded in half to form 18 x 12.25 cm stapled booklets. Highly legible handwriting. All booklets are stapled and covered with period gray paper (late 18th century). A/ - Series of 23 notebooks, bound in yellow cotton thread, all titled on the first cover. This set is introduced by 2 quires: - the first is the third part of "Philosophes inconnus" (1st and 2nd missing). Entitled "le Sublime Philosophe", the text takes a Q&A approach to the quest for the work. Among other things, it cites books by Jean Fabre and Jean d'Espagnet on the Philosopher's Stone. - The second, "Histoire des Parfaits Maîtres Anglais" (History of the Perfect English Masters), traces the origins of the F.-.M.-. back to King David and appears to be addressed to apprentices as an introduction to the history of their Order, followed by a prayer to the Eternal and a description of the Lodge intended for their introduction. - This is followed by 21 F.-. reception books, some of whose titles did not always allow us to situate their order in the R.E.A.A. degrees - 1/ - F.-. Servant, Apprentice, 1st degree], [34 pp.] - 2/ - Réception du F.-.S.-., Des engagementsmens et des fonctions des frères servants [29 pp.] - 3/ - Instruction d'Élu Parfait 3e grade [6 pp.] - 4/ - Le Maître Secret [4e degré, 7 pp.] - 5/ - 5e Grade, Petit Élu, 12 pp.] - 6/ - Le Petit Maître Anglois [4e degré, 7 pp. - 6/ - Le Petit Maître Anglois [16 pp.] - 7/ - Le Petit Architecte inconnu [16 pp.] - 8/ - Le Sublime et Grand Architecte Inconnu [12e degré ?, 29 pp.] - 9/ - Élu Suprême [14e degré ?, 18 pp.] - 10/ - Le Petit Écossais [7 pp.] - 11/ - Le Grand Chevalier d'Orient, (Histoire) [15th degree, 31 pp.] - 12/ - Le Grand Chevalier d'Orient ou de l'Épée [32 pp.] - 13/ - Le Grand Chevalier de Ken. [5 pp.] - 14/ - Le Grand Commandeur de l'Ordre de Jérusalem [16th degree, 13 pp.] - 15/ - Le Souverain grade des Chevaliers de l'Onction [23 pp.] - 16/ - Le Chevalier d'Occident [17th degree?, 15 pp.] - 17/ - L'Illustre Chevalier des Adeptes [20th degree?, 13 pp.] - 18/ - Le Noachite ou Chevalier Prussien [21st degree, 14 pp.]. 2 drawings and a Masonic alphabet. Worm work throughout the notebook (loss of letters, but of no consequence to reading) - 19/ - Le Souverain Architecte - Le Petit Architecte [5 pp.] - 20/ - Le Chevalier du Phénix . Le Parfait Voyageur [28th degree ?, title and 20 pp.] The Knight of the Phoenix, often associated with the Knight of the Sun, is part of a "Hermetic Masonry" that, in the 18th century, was mainly present in the South of France, which could possibly establish the provenance of this set - 21/ - Le Sublime Grand Philosophe. Reception of the Grand Masters of the Masonic Order. Réception des Grands Inquisiteurs de l'Ordre [31st degree ?, title and 21 pp.] B/ - Series of 4 notebooks identical in form to the preceding ones. Rituals for the reception of women masons. 1/ - M.-. des D.-. n° 1 2 .Apprentice Mason, 1st degree [10 pp.] [followed by] Companion Mason [42 pp.]. Cover detached - 2/- M.-.des D.-. 3rd G.-. Élu des DamesMaçonnes [20 pp. - 3/ - M.-.des D.-. 4th G.-. Master Mason [13 pp.] - 4/ - Or.-.des fan.-. Les Charpentères du Mont Liban. [10 pp.]