Freemasonry in its past and present. In two volumes. Edited by S. p. Melgunov and N. p. Sidorov.

SPb. Publication of Zadruga and K. F. Nekrasov. 1914-1915. XII, 256 p., ill., 24 l. Il.; XII, 265 p., [3] ill., 25 l. Il. In two solid leather bindings with gold lettering and images of Masonic symbols.In a case. Encyclopedia format. Excellent complete condition.

One of the most famous and popular Russian publications on the history of Freemasonry, which tells about the development of secret societies in Europe, America and mainly in Russia. The appearance of this book in the early twentieth century was caused, on the one hand, by the rapid development of Freemasonry in Russia during this period and the high public interest in the history, ideology and organization of secret societies of the past; on the other, by the extremely small number of publications that comprehensively consider the history of Freemasonry, starting from the XVII century and its state in the early twentieth century. In this book, describing the emergence and main trends of Freemasonry in the West, the authors paid more attention to Russian Freemasonry of the XVIII-first quarter of the XIX centuries and its individual