GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE. - ÉTAT DU G∴ O∴ DE FRANCE. À Paris, - Lot 67

GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE. - ÉTAT DU G∴ O∴ DE FRANCE. À Paris, de l'imprimerie du G∴ O∴ de France, 1804. 4 parts in 2 volumes in-8, brown half-basin, brown threaded ribbed spines, speckled edges (modern binding). I: vi-200 [the first 6 in Roman numerals] pp. - II: vi-201 [numbered 203 to 403]-(one blank) pp. - III: viii-184 pp. - IV: [numbered 185 to 392] pp. SECOND COMPLETE SERIES of this periodical publication, a first series of which appeared episodically from 1777 to 1788 and was interrupted by the Revolution. In each part, 2 woodcut vignettes in the text depicting seals of the Grand Orient. Ancestor of the Bulletin du G∴ O∴, this state collects circulars, notices of appointments, lists of constituted Lodges with names of venerables, work reports, charitable projects, poems, speeches, eulogies, etc. Attached, a printed notice from the Grand Orient accompanies the first part, concerning the number of copies to be dispatched from the second part. Provenance: Loge Écossaise des Amis de l'Ordre de Niort (stamps dated 1842).