Morris, Robert — Written Mnemonics: Illustrated by Copious Examples from Moral Philosophy, Science, and Religion

1860. Hardcover. A small purple casebound book. Debossed designs on the boards. Lilac endpages. 135 pages. An extremely rare book. One of three thousand printed in 1860. The encrypted cypher was an attempt to share knowledge to create uniform rituals for the Freemasons. A smaller group called The Conservators was responsible for this particular publication. The book requires a "spelling book" to be decrypted, as well as a sheet of instructions, that were not publically accessable like the book. Despite this, the book caused controversy when it was published, as some within the Freemasons thought Morris broke the portion of the Masonic oath of secrecy of certains rituals and signs. It is written elsewhere that 3000 of these were printed. Very scarce despite this large number. Fair only Rubbing and smudges to the boards. Wear to the edges and corners. The pages have separated from the boards, but remain bound together and are laid within. Writing on the back pasted end page. Slight tanning to the pages. A stain in the corners through most pages. Page 91/92 has a rip in it that affects several rows and columns of the cipher. Several pages have been dogeared. Clear text.