MABILLON (Jean) - Vetera analecta, sive Collectio veterum al - Lot 84

MABILLON (Jean) - Vetera analecta, sive Collectio veterum aliquot operum et opusculo rum omnis generis carminum, epistolarum, diplomatum, epitaphiorum, etc., cum itinere germanico, adnotationibus et aliquot disquisitionibus. Paris, Chez Montalant, 1723; in-folio, 573 pp. + table of 18 pages, contemporary full calf binding, spine decorated with 6 nerves, speckled edges, top cover to be restored. Good condition. Jean Mabillon, better known as Dom Mabillon, was a French cleric and historian (1632-1707). A great intellectual known for having invented diplomacy and for having set the standard in the method of deciphering charters. He was one of the greatest scholars of his time. Expert: Mr. Philippe HENRY