SAMMELBAND, CONSISTING OF FIVE SEPARATE IMPRINTS: PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL GRAND COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...ON THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858

Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, Printer to the Grand Lodge, 1858. 43, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 166pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, AT WILLIAMSBURG, ON TUESDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.L. 5859, A.D. 1859. Richmond: Wynne. 1860. 42, [2 blanks] pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5859, A.D. 1859. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 164pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...10TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5860, A.D. 1860. Richmond: Wynne. 1860. 152pp. All five imprints bound together in later half morocco and black cloth [hinges starting], with gilt-lettered spine title [numerical label on spine]. Old rubberstamp on front pastedown. Occasional light dust or minor wear. All Very Good but for the absence of wrappers.

The first of these five pamphlets records the proceedings commemorating George Washington's birthday and the construction of the Virginia Washington Monument. Governor Wise speaks on the occasion. The imprints supply a complete picture of contemporary Freemasonry in Virginia, with reports, remarks, regulations, membership lists, and philosophy.
Haynes 6497.