Mysteria: History of the Secret Doctrines and Mystic Rites of Ancient Religions, and Medieval and Modern Secret Orders.
New York, NY: J. Fitzgerald & Co., 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 240pp + iv adverts. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, index. Fitzgerald, in his Foreword, calls this work: "a history of the ancient Mysteries and of their counterparts & imitations of later times as authentic as the most painstaking research could make it." Parts include: Mysteries of the East and of Barbarous Nations; The Grecian Mysteries and the Roman Bacchanalia; The Pythagorean League and other Secret Associations; Son of Man, Son of God; A Pseudo-Messiah. A Lying Prophet; The Knights Templar; The Femgerichte; Stonemasons Lodge of the Middle Ages; Astrologers and Alchemists; Rose the Constitution of Freemasonry; Secret Societies of the Eighteenth Century; The Illuminati; Secret Societies of Various Kinds. Cloth lightly rubbed and darkened, spine ends and corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Small bookshop label to front pastedown, a couple of short marginal tears, a few pages (only) have some light pencilling and a couple of grubby marks. Overall a tight, clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Quite scarce. Item #64928
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