An Apology For The Freemasons; Respectfully submitted to the consideration of those clergymen who doubt the propriety of allowing the use of their churches for Masonic Celebrations. By The Rev. George Oliver, D.D.

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An original Victorian booklet, now re-bound in modern boards and interleaved with blank leaves. pp.36 . Green boards, lightly soiled and rubbed. Brown paper endpapers with rough edges. Signature to top of title page beleived to be : "H. J. Whymper" The title-page is browned and creased, with a paper library label to the verso: "District Punjab, Grand Lodge, Library." Clear English text throughout. A well preserved copy of this scarce book. *** "The Rev. George Oliver, D.D., November 5, 1782 - March 3, 1867 One of the most distinguished and learned of English freemasons, George Oliver is remembered as a laborious antiquary and author on both masonic and ecclesiastical themes. While his erroneous theories and fanciful speculations on the early history of Freemasonry must be rejected, his laborious researches and genuine scholarship requires that he be placed as the founder of what may well be called the literary school of Freemasonry. " - Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Albert Mackey. *** "Henry Josiah Whymper. 1845-1893. An active Freemason in India and a member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge from January 6, 1888, Whymper is remembered today for his reproduction, in facsimile of the Regius MS. According to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, "He was a man of mark in and out of Masonry, a Companion of the Order of the British Empire, a Masonic Savant and a practical Mason." Initiated: 1872 . Lodge Mayo No. 1413, Rawul Pindi, Punjab . In 1867 he is first listed as manager, Murree Brewery, Kussowlie Branch. 1870 "Managing brewer" Murree and where he remained as such until his death. Died 27 April 1893, dysentry Bombay N/3/69/364. Buried Sewri, Bombay. Other publications of H. J. Whymper include: The Religion of Freemasonry (1888); Constituciones Artis Gemetriæ secundum Euclydem." A facsimile of the early poem on Freemasonry from the original MS. . [Edited by H. J. Whymper.] (1889); Early Printed Literature referring to Freemasonry. Randle Holme's Academie of Armory, Dr. Plot's Staffordshire, Diary of Elias Ashmole, The Praise of Drunkenness and Long Livers. [Edited by H. J. Whymper.] (1892); A Catalogue of Bibliographies. Lists and Catalogues of Works on Freemasonry. (1891); Triads in Masonry. (1889). " - See AQC Vol. 6. (1893) . ***** Full title reads: "An apology for the Freemasons; respectfully submitted to the consideration of those clergymen who doubt the propriety of allowing the use of their churches for Masonic celebrations. Being the substance of three articles in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review on the religious tendency of the Order. With large additions.". N° de ref. del artículo 42309

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