(Beyerlé, Jean-Pierre-Louis). Treatise on the general meeting of the Freymaurers, bey dem Gesundbrunnen in Wilhelmsbad, ohnweit Hanau. Translated into German, with notes and explanations, by R(itter) v(on) S(chwan; d. i. Adolph von Knigge). 276 pp. 17 x 10 cm. Pappband d. Z. (somewhat stained and rubbed; contemporary remboitage). O. O. u. Dr. (Frankfurt, heirs Heinrich Ludwig Brönner), 1784. VD18 1115148X. Fromm I, 3226. Wolfstieg 38605. – First German edition of the report of the Freimauerkongress in Wilhelmsbad, which had been convened in 1782 after violent clashes within the Freemasons. The goal of Freemasonry was to establish moral perfection on the basis of Christian religion. Knigge's more than 80 partly extensive comments show that this is far more than a bread work, as is sometimes claimed. – Title stamped. Only slightly flecky, without the rear fl. Purpose.