Diodorus of Sicily - History of Diodorus Sicilian... Lot 1

Diodorus of Sicily - History of Diodorus Sicilian translated from Greek into French and the History of the successors of Alexander the Great. Paris, Gilles Beys 1585 and Josse Bade 1530, in folio, full calf, with arms repeated on the boards, 11 ff, 678 pp, 6 ff, 8 ff, cl ff. Collection containing two texts, one of which is an edition of Macault's translation of books I to III of Diodorus of Sicily, and of books XI to XVII by Amyot, increased by the annotations of Loys Le Roy and the first edition in French by Claude de Seyssel, of an abridged version of Diodorus on the successors of Alexander the Great, increased by extracts from Plutarch. Worn binding, spotting in margins, annotations in ink in margins.