MABILLON, J., - Histoire des contestations sur la Diplomatique avec l'analyse de cet ouvrage

Napels (Napoli), Jean Gravier, 1767, 2nd edition, 191 pages, contemporary paper on board binding, library tickets on spine, from the library of Seminarie Warmond (bookplate on flyleaf: Bibliotheca Seminarii Warmondani and some later library stamps), translation of De re diplomatica, originally published in 1681 in Latin, Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B., (23 November 1632 - 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics.