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Miraeus (Aubertus, editor). Rerum toto orbe gestarum chronica a Christo nato ad nostra usque tempora. Auctoribus Eusebio Caesariensis episcopo, B. Hieronymo presbytero, Sigeberto Gemblacensi monacho, Anselmo Gemblacensi abbate, Auberto Miraeo Bruxell. aliisq. Omnia ad antiquos codices mss. partim comparata, partim nunc primum in lucem edita, 1st edition, Antwerp: Jeroen Verdussen, 1608, signatures *4 *4 2*4 A-H4 +4 A-Y4 Z2 a-i4 k6 l-z4 Aa-Gg4, [96] 390 101-120 [4] pp., woodcut devices to main title-page and to 2 of 3 section-titles, woodcut initials and tailpieces, variably browned, short closed tear in 2*4, paper disruption to A2 affecting catchword, gilt edges, contemporary red goatskin, cipher of Jacques Auguste de Thou gilt to spine-compartments, his arms impaling those of his second wife Gasparde de la Chastre gilt to covers within French fillet frames, contemporary manuscript shelfmark to front cover and pastedown, joints rubbed and with wear in places, tips rubbed, 4to (26 x 17.4 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 1) Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), French statesman and bibliophile, bound for him not before 1602 (his marriage to Gasparde de la Chastre). A large collection of books from de Thou's library is now held by the British Library; for another binding with his arms in the same style see British Library shelfmark c19c21. 2) Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015; acquired by him from Tintagel Books, East Springfield, NY, in 1999.