Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description: Mason, John. [Self-Knowledge: a Treatise]. Rassuzhdenie o poznanii samogo sebya. [In 3 Parts] / A New Translation from German, Corrected from the Original English. – Moscow: Printing House of University , 1820. – [18], XVI, 402, [3] p. Vignettes with Masonic symbolism – engraved illustrations. John Meason (1706-1763) was a writer, English Rosicrucian, revered by Russian Freemasons. One of the most famous Masonic books of the 18th century. The first edition was printed by N. Novikov in 1783, and the second, by him as well, three years later. Most of the books from these printings were destroyed. Subsequently, “Discourse…” was reissued several times. An extremely rare Masonic publication. SKUMS000476