[KEY MASONIC BOOK IN RUSSIA] Ioanna Mesona A.M. Poznanie samogo sebia, V kotorom estestvo i pol’za seia vazhnyia nauki, ravno i sredstva k dostizheniu onyia pokazany, S prisovokupleniem primechanii, o estestve chelovecheskom / S anglinskogo na nemetskoi perevel M[ason?] I[ogann] B[artholomaeus] R[ogler], a na rossiiskoi I[van] T[urgenev]. [i.e. Self-knowledge : a Treatise Shewing the Nature and Benefit of That Important Science, and the Way to Attain it, Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature]
Moscow: Izhdiveniem N. Novikova i Kompanii Universitetskoi tipografii, u N.Novikova, 1783. In 3 parts. P.1: [12], 188 pp.; P.2: [4], 52 pp.; P.3: [4], 118 pp. 8vo. In contemporary leather with raised bands and stamped author’s name and title on the spine. Rubbed, light cracks on the spine, previous owner’s..... More