Second edition (printed a year after the first) 8vo, twelve unnumbered leaves of prelims, 6 numbered plates followed by text numbered 1-117, contemporary tree calf, hinges weak, somewhat rubbed, some light foxing throughout, but a clean copy with all pages intact, collated and correct. A satirical work comparing orders of monks using Linnaean classifications. An early example of using scientific classifications to study human societies, a precursor ironic text, such as those that became popular in the twentieth century, which employs an alternative framework to look at the familiar in strange ways. Rather a fun item!.