Limited edition of 510 numbered copies with typography by Bruce Rogers.
A bookseller's catalogue listing of the book is mounted on the rear pastedown.
The twelfth century chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond recorded the achievements of Abbot Samson of the Monastery of St. Edmund in Edmunston. For Carlyle, the chronicle epitomized the virtues that modern England had lost. In the book, he first castigates the civilization around him, then partly retells, partly translates Jocelin's story. Good .
Keywords: HISTORY; ENGLAND; MEDIEVAL; MONASTERIES; MONASTIC; MONK; JOCELIN OF BRAKELOND; ABBOT SAMSON; MONASTERY OF ST. EDMUND; EDMUNSTON; HISTORIAN; THOMAS CARLYLE; FINE PRESS; WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE; TYPOGRAPHER; BRUCE ROGERS; LIMITED EDITION.