Veterum Scriptorum et Monumentorum Historicorum, Dogmaticorum, Morlium, Amplissima Collectio
New York: B. Franklin, 1968. Item #048286
9 volumes complete, original green cloth with gilt trim and letering on the spines, thick quarto format, ex libiris. Reprint of the 1724-1733 Paris edition. Contents: v. 1, Complectens regum et principum. v. 2, Vetera monumenta imperialis monasterii. v. 3, Ambrosii Camaldulensis. v. 4, Complectens plures scriptores historicos de rebus praesertim germanicis. v. 5, Complectens plures scriptores historicos de rebus praesertim gallicis. v. 6, Complectens plures scriptores historicos de variis ordinibus religiosis. v. 7, Complectens varia concilia, episcoporum statuta synodalia. v. 8, Complectens varia concilia, episcoporum status synodalia. v. 9, Varia complectens opuscula sanctorum patrium. Martène (1654-1739) and Duran (1682-1771) were Benedictine followers of Mabillon, who scoured hundreds of European abbeys and cathedral archives in pursuit of sources on early Christianity, the rise of monasticism, and early European church councils.
Price: $550.00