Green leatherette binding with gilt title and decoration on the spine and front board. Supplementary volume is by the Rev Bernard Kelly. Dimensions are for one volume.

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First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled, decorated, sand-grained cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 5 vols. (including the supplement); illus.; 28 cm. Subjects: Christian saints; Saints chrétiens; Saints biographies; Christianity; Saints Calendar.

Alban Butler (13 October 1710 – 15 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, where he later taught philosophy and theology. He served as guide on the Grand Tour to the nephews of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Upon his return in 1749, Butler was made chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk. He was appointed president of the English seminary at Saint Omer in France. Butler is mainly known for his Lives of the Saints, the result of thirty years of work.