British Monachism ; or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England. (2 volumes, bound as one)

Fosbrooke, Thomas Dudley

 London : Printed by and for John Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street. And at their printing-office, 25, Parliament Street, 1817

[Fine Binding] Extra-illustrated, with additional title and the 14 plates called for. Quarto, 30 x 23 cm (12 x 9 inches).  Bound in 1/4 polished calf James Ashton, London.  Gilt head and tail lines. Marbled boards. Marbled edges. Renewed end pages. Some spotting and toning to plates.  Wide margins. Corner crease to last few pages. Contents: I. Peregrinatorium religiosum ; or, manners and customs of ancient pilgrims. II. The consuetudinal of anchorets and hermits. III. Some account of the Continentes, or persons who had made vows of chastity. IV. Four select poems, in various styles: 1. Economy of monastic life, Spenser. 2. Triumph of vengeance, an ode, Gray. 3. The Red Man, or address of Buonaparte's familiar daemon, Gray and Collins. 4. An Epitaph, the German manner.