[VASCOSAN IMPRINT]
ZONARAS, JOHANNES. Les Histoires et chroniques du monde... Paris: Michel de Vascosan, 1551. The first Vascosan edition. Contemporary vellum, covers with the stamped initials IL, with yapped foredge. 15 x 9 1/2 inches (38 x 24.5 cm); [20], 756, [68] pp. Some separation to the front joint, the covers with some wear and soiling, internally generally a very clean copy. With the bookplate of the Earl of Strathmore and of Havaman Lecomte de Nouy.
As with all of Vascosan's publications, a book of the utmost typographical elegance, with graceful initials throughout.