[Freemasonry]. Tableau des FF qui composent la R[espectable] [Loge] de Saint-Jean, sous le titre distinctif de la Concorde, à l’Or[ient] de Colmar, à l’époque du 27e jour du 4e mois de la V[raie] L[umière] 5811. [i.e., “vulgar era” 27 june 1811]. 2 folio sheets joined together to form a large poster (90 x 60 cm), text in 14 columns. Masonic header consisting of a triple handshake within a square. Certified and signed by the Officers of the Lodge on the 16th day of the 8th month of True Light 5811 [16 October 1811]. With the wet stamp of the Lodge.
The table of the La Concorde Lodge in Colmar, founded in 1775 under the Strict Observance Templar, lists the names, civil and Masonic ranks, places and dates of birth of 108 Brothers, including Kellermann, the chemist Georges-Charles Bartholdy, then an apprentice, and the bookbinder Jean-Jacques Müller, Brother Servant.
The five signatory Officers are: Jean-Marie Metzger, Venerable, Louis Zipfel, Senior Warden, Georges-Benjamin Herr, Junior Warden, Michel-Louis-Théodore Giot, Orator, and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Georges-Raulcourt, Secretary; Jean-Henri Anténa also signed, as Keeper of the Seals.
A few minor holes at the intersections of the folds, pinholes at the corners, very small losses at the top without affecting the text.
A beautiful and imposing piece, rare.
900 €