The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism, and Biography

This extensive encyclopaedia, first published in 1877, is considered to be a classic Masonic reference work. It includes detailed information on the symbols, rites, legends, terms, people and places associated with Freemasonry. The author, Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie (1833–86), was a nineteenth-century writer and Masonic scholar.