"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: John Petheram, 1849. [Esoterica] FIRST EDITION, ex libris Supreme Council, 33° (Masonic lodge). Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 247 [3]. Rebound in later blue half calf, marbled paper over boards. Red gilt-lettered label, raised bands, and gilt masonic symbols to spine. Marbled endpapers and textblock edges matching design on boards. Internally bright and clean, previous owner's extensive annotations in black ink and pencil throughout. Official masonic bookplate to front pastedown, 'Supreme Council, 33°.' Boards bright, minor sunning to spine. Gentle rubbing and wear to extremities. Herbert's thesis that Stonehenge was not an inconceivable, unknown construction built by ancient Britons, but a monument that was only possible following the collapse of the Roman empire. Scarce. Item #74043
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