GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE. - STATUTES OF THE... - Lot 70 - Pescheteau-Badin

GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE. - STATUTES OF THE MASONIC ORDER IN FRANCE. À Paris, de l'imprimerie du G∴ O∴ de France, an de la V∴ L∴ 5806 [1806]. In-8, soft cardboard under sponge-stamped old rose paper covers (period binding). xii [including 1st, 3rd and 12th blank]-232 pp.; odds labels on spine and first board, title in modern ink on spine; wetness to last few leaves. Edited by Desveux, Garde des Archives du Grand Orient (after Barbier), but under the responsibility of Alexandre-Louis Roëttiers de Montaleau, private representative of the Deputy Grand Master Cambacérès. 2 woodcut vignettes in the text, including one on the title, depicting Grand Orient seals, modified with added imperial eagle. Provenance: L'Union Royale de La Haye Lodge (bookplate); Clemens Hondtong (bookplate).