335 - [16th-century book]. [Byzantium]. CORPUS UNIVERSAE HISTORIAE praesertim Bizantinae. The Annals of John Zonaras, augmented with additions by George Cedrenus, Nicetas Acominatus of Chonia, Book XIX by Nicephorus Gregoras, book XI by Leon Chalcocondylas, book X. Historiae Turcica... Paris, published by G. Chaudiere, 1567. Three parts in one folio volume, multiple pagination, 17th-century sheepskin, 6-rib spine, gilt scrolls bordering the covers, gilt coats of arms at the centers, gilt scrolls at the edges, marbled edges (defects including exposed top caps, dulled corners; light streaks and faint halos in the top margins; flyleaves f. e3 and e4 missing, several folios missing, a few rare light stains).

[16th-century book]. [Byzantium]. CORPUS UNIVERSAE HISTORIAE praesertim Bizantinae. The Annals of John Zonaras, augmented with additions by George Cedrenus, Nicetas Acominatus of Chonia, Book XIX by Nicephorus Gregoras, book XI by Leon Chalcocondylas, book X. Historiae Turcica... Paris, published by G. Chaudiere, 1567. Three parts in one folio volume, multiple pagination, 17th-century sheepskin, 6-rib spine, gilt scrolls bordering the covers, gilt coats of arms at the centers, gilt scrolls at the edges, marbled edges (defects including exposed top caps, dulled corners; light streaks and faint halos in the top margins; flyleaves f. e3 and e4 missing, several folios missing, a few rare light stains). An important collective edition of Latin translations of significant Byzantine historical writings. Works by Joannes Zonaras (12th century), Niketas Acominatus Choniates (1155–1217), and Nicephorus Gregoras (1295–1360), translated by the German scholar Jerome Wolf (1516–1580), and by Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1430–1470) on the rise of the Ottoman Empire, translated by Conrad Clauser (1515–1611). This copy is missing half of the last section, two pages of intermediate titles, and a few introductory folios. Collation: [1] f. (title page), [1] f. (paginated 2), [28] f. (index), 172 (incorrectly numbered 171) f., f. 4–77, [7] f. (index), [1] f. (title page), 63 f., [1] f. numbered 120, [18] f. - Signatures: a 1 (title page), a 2 (dedication) [a 3–6 missing]; A (cross) – D (cross) 6, E (cross) 4, a–z 6, aa–ee 6, ff 4, A 4–6 [mq. A 1, A2, A3], B–O 6, A1 (title), [mq. A 2–3], A–4–6, B–K 6, L 4 [missing], X–Z 6. Provenance: Jesuit Colleges of Rouen (old handwritten inscription on the title page); Parliament of Normandy (coat of arms on the covers).