Calendrier universel,ou Almanach chronologique et perpétuel, nécessaire à la chronologie, à l'histoire, à la critique, à la vérification des dates, &c

Second edition, revised and expanded (see Backer & Sommervogel VI, 1557). Only three copies recorded in the CCFr (BnF, Dijon and Nîmes).

Contemporary binding in mottled fawn calf, spine with five raised bands and richly gilt panelled compartments, modern burgundy morocco lettering-piece, some rubbing to spine and joints, headcaps trimmed, triple gilt fillet frame on covers, 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 simple in-folio placard.

Each subsequent issue expanded the content: the 1731 edition was intended to serve as a supplement to the large Calendrier published by Rollin in the same year.

Born in Aire, Rebecque (1663–1753) was chiefly a preacher and confined his activity to his native regions (Aire, Douai, Saint-Omer, etc.).

Bound after it, by the same author: "Calendrier du monde, où l'on donne une méthode très-aisée de trouver à chaque année depuis 1741, jusqu'à l'an 2244 de Jésus-Christ, tout l'ordre des tems, avec la plus grande exactitude pour les royaumes & les peuples qui ont reçu la Réformation grégorienne : et de trouver même pour chaque mois dans si long espace de tems, les nouvelles lunes & leurs phases, aussi exactement qu'il est nécessaire pour les usages de la vie civile", printed at Aire by H. F. Boubert de Corbeville in 1742 (title, vi pp., 68 pp.). Backer & Sommervogel VI, 1558.

First edition: the work forms the natural complement to the preceding title (see Backer & Sommervogel VI, 1558).

Provenance: from the library of Emmanuel Jeanbernat Barthélémy de Ferrari Doria, with his armorial bookplate pasted to one pastedown.