Apologie pour l'ordre des francs-maçons
By: par Mr. N***, membre de l'ordre ; avec deux chansons composées par le Frère Amèricain.
Contributors: Naudot, Jacques-Christophe, ca. 1690-1762.; Gosse, Pierre, 1676?-1755, printer.; Gosse, Pierre, 1718-1794, printer.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez Pierre Gosse
Published: 1742
Place of publication: A La Haye
Language: fre
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Freemasons -- Early works to 1800; Freemasons -- Songs and music -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Freemasonry -- France -- History -- 18th century
Notes: LC copy has armorial bookplate of Arthur Vilettes Esq.
Quérard VI, 438
Wolfstieg, A.  Bibl. der freimauererischen Literatur, 23736
NUC pre-1956 NA 0356002
Attributed wrongly to M. Nougaret, born in 1742; later wrongly attributed to F. Nogaret who was born in 1740. Cf. Quérard.
Music attributed to J.J. Naudot. Cf. Wolfstieg.
Title page printed in red and black.
Engraved illustration on first leaf of plates; engraved musical notation and text on leaves [2] and [3] of plates.
Signatures: ")("⁸ (-")("8) A-G⁸ H⁴.
"II. chanson maçonne par le Frere Ameriquain": leaves [2] and [3].
"I. chanson maçonne par le Frère Americain": [2] p. at end.
LC copy has book dealer's blurb mounted on front free-endpaper. Purports that Benjamin Franklin is the "Frère Amèricain" referred to who wrote the music.