The Holy Bible Reprinted On Behalf Of St. John's Lodge No. 1, A.Y.M. Free And Accepted Masons.

Richmond, Virginia : Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Company, Inc. 3011 Old Dumbarton Road, Richmond , VA 23228, [ c. 2007 ] .. A mint presentation bible presented on the 250th anniversary of the formation of the lodge in 1757. Un-opened and still sealed in polythene. Maroon leather with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Each board with gilt border and central gilt text: "God Shall Establish St Johns Lodge Constituted 5757 Burnt Down The 8th Of March 5770 Rebuilt And Opened November 28 5770 Officers Then Presiding Jonathan Hampton M. William Butler SW. Isaac Heron JW. Spine with gilt title and gilt decoration. All page edges bright gilt. Maroon endpapers. Maroon silk marker ribbon. Presentation page blank. Printed note before Bible: "The front cover, the three pages ahead of this page and the page between Genesis chapter 49 and 50 are reduced facsimiles of the Bible upon which George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States. The page in between the original Bible Bro. Washington kissed after taking the oath. The mapsin the back of this volume are also from the original Bible. The Bible was then, and has been ever since, the property of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, Ancient York Masons, New York." The bible is the Self-Pronouncing Edition" (King James Version), 5.75" x 3.75" x 1.25" Agate 32mo. pp.885/[1p.]/pp.254 . Clean throughout. Mint. ** "St. John's Lodge No. 1 A.Y.M. in New York City, United States, is the oldest operating Masonic Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York Free and Accepted Masons. The lodge was originally warranted as St. John's Lodge No. 2 on December 7, 1757 by George Harison, Esq. of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New York under the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns)."