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329 - Baillet, Adrien. – The Lives of the Saints, compiled from th…
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Baillet, Adrien. – The Lives of the Saints, compiled from the most authentic and reliable accounts that have come down to us regarding their history, arranged in the order of the calendars and martyrologies, together with an account of their veneration as established within the Catholic Church, and the history of the other feasts of the year. Paris, Louis Roulland, 1704. 3 folio volumes bound in full contemporary calfskin, spined with decorative raised bands, red title and month labels – 5 cap bands worn down, 4 jaws worn, 7 perforations on the raised bands or covers, skin wear – Vol. I: [4 ff.], 152 columns (Discourse on the History of the Lives of the Saints), [1 folio, private alpha table], 434 col. (January), XX col. (critical table for January), 378 col. (February), [1 p., alphabetical table], XXII columns, [1 blank page], 390 columns (March), [1 blank page], XXIV columns (critical table), 400 columns (April); Vol. II: XXX columns (title and critical index), [1 p. alphabetical index], 476 columns (May), XXIV columns (critical index), 400 columns (June), [1 folio, alphabetical index], 28 columns (critical table), 498 col. (July), [1 p. alphabetical table], XXXII col. (critical table), 512 col. (August); Vol. III: XL col., 9–426 col. (no missing pages), [1 p. blank], XXXVI col. (critical table), 456 col. (October), XXVI col. (critical table), 472 col. (November), XXVIII col. (critical table), [1 fol., alphabetical table], 442 columns (December), [1 blank page], 32 columns (general table). Also included by the same author is the supplement to the previous work: The Lives of the Saints and the History of the Feasts of the Year. Volume Four containing the history of the movable feasts. The Lives of the Saints of the Old Testament. The Chronology of the Saints. The Topography of the Saints. Paris, Jean de Nully, 1716. Folio, bound in full contemporary calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label and volume number – cap bands worn away with loss of leather, a small tear at the top joint, 3 corners pierced, scuff marks – [2 ff.], XXVIII columns (history of Sundays and other feast days of the week), 290 col. (movable feasts), [1 blank p.], 386 col. (continuation of movable feasts), [1 blank p.], [1 f. chronology of the Saints], 439 col. (Lives of the Old Testament Saints), [1 blank p.], 350 col. (Chronology of the Old Testament Saints), [1 blank p.], 338 col. (Topography of the Saints).
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