THE OBELISK AND FREEMASONRY ACCORDING TO THE DISCOVERIES OF BELZONI AND COMMANDER GORRING
New York: J. W. Bouton, 1880. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 178 pages, 34 pages ads; VG; bound in publisher's blue/green cloth, gilt obelisk to front cover, gilt titling to spine; all edges of text block speckled; mild wear and rubbing to binding; with ownership signature of Jesse Edward Moorland, dated Jan 3rd 1927 to the ffep; small newspaper clipping regarding the Obelisk loose within, having caused some staining to the front pastedown and ffep, hand-dated 10-31-26; with seven full-page plates including frontispiece, three in color, and numerous in-text illustrations; shelved case 9.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $700
NOTES
Jesse Edward Moorland was an American minister, community executive, civic leader and book collector whose book collection became the core of Howard University's Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.;
"Cleopatra's Needle in New York City is one of three similarly named Egyptian obelisks. The 15th-century BC stele was installed in Central Park, west of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, on February 22, 1881." [wikipedia]