[Biblos chronikē ...] Annales ... usque ad obitum Alexii Comneni

Glykas, Michael, active 12th century · 1660 · Paris : Typog. Regia · 22 pictures

A 1660 Paris edition of Michael Glykas's Annales, a Greek chronicle of world history ending with the death of Alexios Komnenos, printed by the Royal Printing House for scholarly readers. Its pictures are engraved headpieces and ornamental frames in the baroque manner, with cartouches, cherubs, acanthus scrolls and heraldic shields that a designer could borrow for decorative borders and title panels.

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