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Berossus [active ca. 300 BCE]
Chaldean History, chronicle
of the kings of Babylon
France, Paris, Latin edition of 1505
25.4 × 18.7 cm, ink and gouache on parchment, gold highlights
The chronicles of the Babylonian kings were originally
written in the 4th century BCE. Translated into
French and richly illustrated, this version was offered
as a “book of love”, in the tradition of medieval
Highlights of the Collection engagement gifts. It was intended for Anne de Graville,
a lady-in-waiting of the wife of the King of France,
Francis I, and daughter of one of the greatest French
bibliophiles of the Renaissance.
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