DU CANGE, C.D. — Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis. C.indicibus & Appendice: De imperatorum Constantinipolitanorum .. numismatibus.

Paris, Louis Billaine (printed by Gabriel Martin), 1678. Folio. 3 vol. [v],lxxvi pp. (& col. lxxvii-cc),1372 col.- (iv p.),824.808 col. - (iv p.), 1560 col. & [iv],72 pp. With frontispice (J.Nolin after S.le Clerc, and 6 + 11 plates. Blindstamped vellum with six raised bands. (upper hinge of vol.1 weak; top of spine of vol.1 slightly damaged; some use; ties gone; some marginal waterstaining, small tear in one leaf; slightly browned and age-toned; last leaf of vol.2 and all paste-downs a bit damaged) The 6 numismatic plates in the lemma 'moneta'; the 11 last (byzantine) plates in the appendix.¶ The first edition of this classic; in reasonably good condition.