1746 The Sufferings of John Coustos for Free-Masonry

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rare first edition London, W Staham, bound in a very nice leather binding 400 pp complete with frontspiece and 3 folding plates Jean Coustos was founder of one of the first lodges in Paris "la loge du Venerable Maitre Jean Custos" He was a prisoner in 1737 by the underpressure of cardinal Fleury; He left France to founding some nwe lodges in Portugal. In 1743 he was arrested again by the inquisition and Tortured and sentenced to prison. By the intervention of King George, he was released in 1744 and left for London, where he published his memoirs. 

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