Title continues: "Divise en Trois Parties; avec un Catalogue des Prinicpaux Auteurs qui en ont traite, & des Eclaircissemens sur les Ouvrages qui concernent cette matiere, & sur le choix de leurs Editions." This introduction to the study of councils was produced by Francois Salmon, doctor and librarian of the Sorbonne. The book is divided into sections on the use of councils and their collections, the collections themselves in various different countries, and the way to study them.