Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia

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Summary: Well worth the price!
Review: No serious Masonic researcher should be without Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia. It's pretty much as simple as that. Within its pages is a wealth of useful Masonic information presented in an easy to read format. While Coil's must be considered a secondary source, it presents an enormous amount of hard to find information at your fingertips and proves indispensable in the search of primary sources. Of the major Masonic encyclopedias, Coil's is the most up to date with its second edition being released in 1996. It contains information on European developments and Prince Hall Masonry that is no where to be found in other such publications. I highly recommend this work.

Rating:
Summary: Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia
Review: The up-to-date authoritative and standard reference of first choice for the serious student of Freemasonry. Many other available encyclopedias are out of date, heavy-going or fanciful. The 1996 edition of this work is a must-have. It is written with a North American bias.

Those interested in British or Continental Freemasonry will need to supplement this book with others such as "Dizionario Massonico" by Luigi Troisi (published by Bastogi), Frederick Smyth's "A Reference Book for Freemasons" and "Freemasons Guide and Compendium" by Bernard E Jones.