De re diplomatica libri VI [...]. Tertia atque nova editio dissertationibus variorum locupleta, notisque nunc primum inlustrata a Marchione Bumbae Johanne Adimari.

2 vol., lge folio: [2]-xx-668, viii-116-xclxx pp. (some foxing, sm. marg. hole in p. 71 of vol. I and offsetting on the same page, occ. spotting).

19th-c. half blue leather, marbled paper covers, gilt ruled flat spines (def., esp. vol. I). Good untrimmed copy.

Third edition (1st 1681) of a founding text for diplomatics and paleography by the French Benedictine historian Mabillon (1632-1700), edited by Giovanni Adimari. Illustrated with copper-engravings: frontispiece, 69 full-pages (of which 25 on double page or fold.), 6 historiated headpieces and 6 tailpieces, some ill. in-text and 2 identical title-vign. showing Naples.
Ref. Brunet III:1263. - Cp. PMM 158 (1st ed.).
Prov. Stamp on titles.