JEAN-LOUIS D'AMIENS (Father, Capuchin). L'Atlas des temps, d - Lot 108

JEAN-LOUIS D'AMIENS (Father, Capuchin). L'Atlas des temps, divisé en quatre livres : la période de Louis le Grand, la nouvelle méthode chronologique, la chronologie sacrée de l'Ancien Testament et la chronologie nouvelle des années de grâce... A Amiens, & se vend à Paris, chez J. & N. Le Gras & A. Dezallier, 1685. Fort in-folio, [12] f., 707 [i.e. 709]-17 p. (table), plates in black. Contemporary brown calf, 6-rib spine, gilt title. Uncommon. Second edition of this chronological treatise, "augmented with answers to the difficulties proposed against the atlas of times". Illustrated with 4 copper-engraved vignettes - one at the head of each part -, a full-page copper engraving showing the camp of the Israelites, and 16 hors-texte tables, including 8 fold-outs and one complete volvelle illustrating the "table of the months of the year, the signs of the zodiac, the degrees of the dragon, & the latitudes of the sun and moon... to find all the eclipses...". Nerves uncovered, boards worn, corners worn, upper endpapers missing; wetness, stains, small worm work affecting qq. figures at the end of the volume (not serious), mentions and royal arms crossed out; last f. pastedown on lower flyleaf.