SICILIAN DIODORUS. Story of Sicilian Diodorus translated from Greek into French. The first books by Mr. Robert Macault, Secretary to the King & gentleman of his chamber. And the others are translated, by Mr. Jacques Amyot... Reveüe & enriched with Table & Annotations in margin, by Mr. Loys le Roy, Dit Regius. Paris: Gilles Beys, 1585. - In-folio, marbled basane, gilt roulette wheel framed on covers, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (19th century binding). Balsamo, Simonin, Abel L'Angelier & Françoise de Louvain, 1574-1620: followed by the catalogue of works published by Abel L'Angelier, 1574-1610, and the widow L'Angelier, 1610-1620, 2002, no. 133. "New edition of Macault's translation of books I to III by Diodorus of Sicily, published in 1535, and of books XI to XVII by Amyot, published in 1554, increased by the annotations of Loys Le Roy" (Balsamo and Simonin, no. 133). It was shared between Gilles Beys, Abel L'Angelier, Mathieu Guillemot and Thomas Périer and begins with an epistle by Amyot addressed to Henri III. The usual rubbings on the binding, a few epidermis. Small slit at the headdress and slight cracks at the hinge of the first cover. Freckles and mariginal wetnesses. Missing the last white sheet. Provenances : from Laplace, with crossed-out signature on the title. - Dupré aîné, with signature on the title. - Alfred Ase? with signature on the guards and title, one with the date 1875.