Bibliography: p. vii-xvi, t. 1.
First published in French, 1702, as the catechism of the diocese of Montpellier, France. The author died before his Latin translation was completed and this was finished and published in 1725 by Pierre Nicolas Desmolets. The catechism was repudiated by the Catholic Church in 1712 and 1721 and placed on the Index librorum prohibitorum.
Signatures: t. 1: ⁴ 2⁶ A-4T⁴ 4V⁶; t. 2: pi² A-4P⁴ 4Q⁶.
Title page vignettes feature the imperial double-headed eagle; t.p. of t. 1 printed in red and black.
Pagination: t. 1: xx, 716 p.; t. 2: iv, 680 [i.e. 682], [2] p., numbers 413-414 repeated.
LC copy wanting p. 19-22, t. 1, and the final (blank?) leaf of t. 2.
NUC pre-1956 NP0524360
NUC pre-1956 NP0524366