2 volumes. 2 columns per page. [​72], 1448; [8], 1660 pp. Volume 1 with engraved frontispiece after C. Lebrun, pictorial head-pieces and large figured initials, several ornamental head- and tail-pieces; large engraved. folding plate in Vol. 2, 3 almost full-page engraved. portraits, a few small text-woodcuts.. ​(Folio) 40x24 cm (16x9") early full calf, raised spine bands.

With the bookplate of The Earl of Roden, and the signature of English politician Arthur Stanhope (1627-1694) at the top of each title page. First edition of this publication of earliest texts and statutes pertaining to the Merovingian and Carolingian rulers, "a landmark in the history of early medieval law". Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), historian and librarian to Jean-Baptiste Colbert for thirty-three years, was professor of canon law at the Royal College, later its director.