BORN, Ignaz von (1742-1791). Joannis Physiophili Opuscula. Continent Monachologiam; Accusationem Physiophili; Defensionem Physiophili; Anatomiam Monachi. Augsburg: Sumtibus editoris, 1784.

8vo. 6 engraved plates. Contemporary paste paper boards, gilt-lettered paper spine label, edges stained green (light wear at spine ends, some chipping to label). Provenance: 5pp. manuscript appendix in a contemporary hand inserted at end; 1p. contemporary notations on front fly leaf verso; Henry and Carol Faul (bookplate).

SECOND EDITION. First published the preceding year, "...a vicious satire against monks in which the various orders were classified according to a system modeled after Linnaeus" (DSB II, p.315).