Description:
Some shelf wear. Bumped corners, creasing to the crown and base of the spine. Cocked spine. Scattered foxing and aged toning throughout. Shadow of indication of a former owner's name on the front end pages which has been erased. Ink smudge on pages 131 & 132 which does not affect legibility. Some early indication of separation between the text block and spine. Tipped-in gold lettering on the front and spine.
Robert Freke Gould was a soldier, barrister and prominent Freemason and Masonic historian. He wrote a History of Freemasonry, which remains a standard reference work on the subject.
