Joseph-Ignace de Rebecque
Calendrier universel,ou Almanach chronologique et perpétuel, nécessaire à la chronologie, à l'histoire, à la critique, à la vérification des dates, &c[Universal Calendar, or Chronological and Perpetual Almanac, Essential to Chronology, History, Criticism, the Verification of Dates, etc]
Rollin fils|Paris 1731|17 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Second edition, revised and expanded (see Backer & Sommervogel VI, 1557). Only three copies recorded in the CCFr (BnF, Dijon and Nîmes).
Contemporary full mottled calf, spine with five raised bands and richly gilt compartments, modern burgundy morocco lettering-piece, some rubbing to spine and joints, headcaps trimmed, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, bookplate pasted to one pastedown.
The first edition of this small universal calendar appeared in 1711 in the form of a folio broadside.
Each subsequent issue expanded the content: the 1731 edition was intended to serve as a supplement to the large Calendrier
€650
