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Boston, 1895. This is an about very good hardcover copy in dark green cloth with an elaborate gilt title and decoration on the front covers. Generally clean inside but endpapers browned and some foxing. Text is a brief announcement of the event. Advertisements of interest to the Knights Templar community include clothiers, household goods, decorative arts, etc. 8" high X 11" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Boston. Very Good; Hardcover; Committee of Publication; 1895. A very good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. Hard Cover, 1895, Committee of Publication. Dark green cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gold. Oblong, 11" x 8". Illustrated though-out with sketches and photos. Many full page advertisements. Lists of officers and committee members.; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: A. A. Rothenberg & Co., 1895. First edition. Oblong folio (14 x 11 inches). 499, [9, index] pp. Photographic illustrations and portraits on every page. Publisher's padded pebble-grain brown morocco, gilt spine and cover lettering, fine gilt representation of a mounted Knight on front, floral endpapers, all edges gilt. Original plain two-part box (some repair). A fine copy of this lavish publication.Laid in the the August 27th special issue of the Boston Herald devoted to the Encampment (illustration on page one is in color). This was a massive meeting of 40,000 Knights Templar and it almost took over the city of Boston for a short period. In the New York Times of August 27th, we read - "Boston has seldom, if ever, been so elaborately decorated. Practically every building along the line of the march, besides many of the side streets, is clothed in color, with appropriate mottoes and Masonic emblems, intertwined with streamers and bunting." California participants arrived there in a special train.

Boston: A.A. Rothenberg & Co., 1895. Oblong thick folio. 14 x 11 in. 499, [9] pp. Illustrated title, over 2000 text photos, photo illustrations, illustrations. Original publisher’s padded pebble-grain brown morocco, gilt illustration of Knight Templar on front cover, lettering, gilt lettering on spine, a.e.g., w/ original gift box & lid (hinges reinforced with cloth tape), NF/G copy, w/ original issue of the August 27, 1895 issue of the Boston Herald devoted to the Encampment laid-in. First edition of this spectacular and scarce work visually chronicling this massive meeting of over 40,000 Freemason Knights Templar in Boston during the Gilded Age. This Conclave was the height of pomp and circumstance for the Philanthropic Chivalric Order of Freemasons, and they seem to have taken over the entire city. The New York Times notes that “Boston has seldom, if ever, been so elaborately decorated. Practially every building along the line of the march, besides many of the side streets, is clothed in… Read More