Perpetual calendar. Chronological tables. General & church history

L'Art de verifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques, et autres anciens monumens. 2 volumes. Par Des Religieux Benedictins de la Congrégation de St. Maur [Francois Dantine, Charles Clémencet & Ursin Durand]. Paris, Guillaume Desprez & Pierre-Guillaume Cavelier, 1750. 4to, 2 volumes, uniformly bound, leather, title on spine in green and gilt stamping, boards with embroideries and central floral motifs in gilt stamping, marbled endpapers, title in red and black with vignette, LXVIII, 340-726, (1) pp., edges red, consecutive paging. First edition.

Bindings with trace of use, name stamp, inside very good. The extra leaf (XV-XVI) with the table of contents for both volumes in the first volume; corrections and alphabetical index at the end of the second volume. Text entirely with border embroidery and numerous head- and tailpieces. Standard work for France in the field of chronological historical sciences. (total 2)