There are many, many books out there with this particular title but the I’m looking for is very hard to find. It was written by a collection of authors such as; princes, sheikhs, masons, rulers, kings etc. between 1820 and 1920.
The subject of the book is governments; Advantages and disadvantages, strengths and weaknesses of different forms of government. Example: Democracies, communism, monarchy, democratic parliaments. It talks about different rituals, different orders like Roscicrucians, Knight Templars, etc.
Around 1500 pages
Leather bound
The description loosely suggests C. Northcote Parkinson’s THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, but the title is quite different and it didn’t include secret orders (nor is it an anthology). But a very interesting read on the general subject . . . .