L'histoire [...] de la guerre qui fut entre les Péloponésiens & Athéniens. Translatée en langue françoise, par seu messire Claude de Seyssel [...]. Nouvellement reveu & corrigé.

16mo: [16]-555-[12-1 bl.] ff. (sm. marg. wormtrack in middle part, min. marg. damp stain in some quires, some spotting).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine.

Later, corrected and augmented ed., of the French translation by Claude de Seyssel (1450-1520). Through his 7 translations of ancient history Seyssel played a major role in transmitting knowledge about Antiquity to the French. He was neither French nor Italian but a Savoyard, not truly noble but the illegitimate son of a noble family, not truly historian but a writer of history-based propaganda and a translator of histories. He began his career as a jurist, became a royal councillor, then a bishop, and in the end died as the Archbishop of Turin. 10 verses by Clément Marot (1496-1544) on verso of title.
Ref. Adams T-680. - Machiels T-222. - This ed. not in Cioranescu, Hoffmann, STC French.
Prov. Old ms. entry on title.