[FREEMASONRY]. The Antichristian and Antisocial Conspiracy. An Extract from the French of the Abbé Barruel. To Which is Prefixed; Jachin and Boaz; or, An Authentic Key to the Door of Free–Masonry, Ancient and Modern. Lancaster, PA: Joseph Ehrenfried, 1812.
8vo. (Heavy browning and spotting throughout, some dampstains to first and last gatherings, title–page repaired at margins, few leaves with horizontal repairs to text, some marginal chipping with losses not affecting text, corners rounded, lacking frontispiece). Modern half morocco, original marbled sides (covers rubbed); folding box.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE EARLY AMERICAN ANTI–MASONIC TEXT AND ONE OF THE CHIEF CAUSES OF THE ANTI–MASONIC OUTBREAK OF 1826. The last copy to sell in the rooms was nearly a century ago at Henkels in 1930. Cummings, pp. 18, 43; Lawrence, pp. 134, 140; Lowens 409; Morris, p. 158; Pythagoras 1250; Shaw & Shoemaker 24756; Walgren 1238.