Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology.

We have 13 volumes of this set.  The complete set is 15 Volumes.  Unfortunately our set is not complete.  In the interest of getting as many of these volumes out to folks who will appreciate them, We're listing each volume individually.  If you are interested in buying the entire set, please message me, We'd be happy to work out a deeply discounted deal.  

Below are some condition notes that apply to all volumes.  Certain volumes have condition or damage that needs to be explicitly noted.  I will note those issues right here:  

Damage to the head and foot of the spine.  Some small chunks of leather missing.  Lots of scuffs.  Cracks developing on the outer hinges.  

 The rest of the condition notes that apply to all volumes are as follows. 

*All bindings are currently intact.  Boards are not detached.  Every volume has some degree of cracking to the leather along the outer hinges, some of this cracking is more pronounced than others.  While photographing the plates inside the book we carefully handled the boards and did not open the books all the way in order to prevent more cracking.  None of the boards are super bad and about to fall off but we highly recommend handling these with care and not opening the front covers all the way.  

*Leather on the covers has a beautiful patina.  Some of the leather has scuffed areas, scuffs small cracks and other imperfections.  Each volume has a bookplate on the free end-paper.  Some of the volumes are missing tiny chunks of leather on the head or foot of the spine (some more than others, we will note this and illustrate it with photos whenever possible).  

*A few of the illustrations have tiny pieces of tape or roughness on the page as some of these were used for art design reference.  I have taken photos and mentioned that issue for every volume to which it applies.

*The books are square and not cocked to one side.  

*ABSOLUTELY NO OLD BOOK SMELL (these were kept in a climate controlled private library that had no direct sunlight.  No pets were allowed in the house).  

*There are some small spots or marks and imperfections on some of the pages here.  I don't see anything that resembles "foxing". 

*As these are extremely large volumes, Some of the pages are not completely flat and show some level of unevenness or slight disfigurement.  

*We have a small handful of volumes that have sustained some degree of water damage.  When this is the case, it will be explicitly noted up above ad every effort to accurately illustrate the extent of the damage through pictures will be taken.  

*Seeing as these are from 1722, some of the leather, especially the leather on the spine, has started to degrade,  Little flaps, scraps or chunks of leather may be loose and "just hanging on".  You should be aware of this while enjoying your book fresh out of the package.  We will wrap the books first in paper and then in lots of bubble wrap.  Please take care when unwrapping the paper,  Due to the condition of the books, some small particles or pieces of leather may fall off of the spine.  

*I took way more photos of each of these volumes than could fit in any one of these listings, if there is a particular aspect of the books you want more photos of, Specific page, construction of book, Leather, illustrations, ect, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK!  I want to make sure you are 100%.