Histoire philosophique du monachisme - 1788

Philosophical history of monasticism or abridged exposition of what is most remarkable to be found in the institution, the rule, the establishment, and the life of monks of all cults and all countries. London, Brindley & Emsly, 1788. Two volumes in one volume, complete work. Pp. (4), XXXVI, 220, (4); 318, (2); cm. 20 x 13. In morocco leather with some abrasion to the boards (rosed); scattered foxing and pages sometimes browned uniformly due to the type of paper. Old library stamp on the front endpaper. (The volume comes from an authorized public sale.) Anonymous work, of great importance for the careful study of monasticism and its historical vicissitudes. It treats monasticism in the Indies; the origins with Pythagoras, Zeno, Plato, the Vestals; the monks and their discipline; medicine and therapeutics; the various orders, from the Templars to the Dominicans, Regular Canons, Maturins, Teatini, etc., etc.