Corpus Byzantinæ historiæ.

De Byzantinae historiae scriptoribus, editio secunda [edited by Philippe Labbé]; Procopius of Caesarea. Historiarum sui temporis. Venice: Bartholomaeus Javarina, 1729, engraved frontispiece
Procopius of Caesarea. Historiarum temporis sui tetras altera. Interprete Claudio Maltreto. 1729
Agathias, Saint. De imperio et rebus gestis Iustiniani imperatoris, libri quinque... 1729; Simocatta, Theophylactus. Historiarum libri VIII... Interprete Iacobo Pontano... Studio & opera Caroli Annibalis Fabroti. 1729
Pascalion seu chronicon paschale a mundo condito ad Heraclii Imperatoris annum vicesimum... Cura et studio Caroli du Fresne. 1729, engraved diagrams
Syncellus, George. Chronographia, ab Adamo usque ad Diocletianum. Et Nicephori Patriarchæ CP. breviarium chronographicum... Cura & studio P. Iacobi Goar. 1729
Theophanes, the Confessor, Saint. Chronographia. Leonis Grammatici vitæ recentiorum impp. R. P. Iacobus Goar... latine reddidit. 1729
Nicephorus Bryennius. Commentarii de rebus Byzantinis... opera & studio Petri Possini. 1729
Kedrenus, George. Compendium historiarum. Ex versione Guillelmi Xylandri... Item, Ioannes Scylitzes Curopalates, excipiens ubi Cedrenus desinit, nunc primum græce editus. 1729
Glycas, Michael. Annales, a mundi exordio usque ad obitum Alexii Comneni imper. Quatuor in partes tributi. Philippus Labbé... edidit. 1729
Zonaras, Joannes. Cronikon... Annales. Carolus du Fresne... Wolfianam editionem cum scriptis codicibus contulit: Latinam versionem recensuit, annales notis illustravit. 1729, 2 volumes
Comnena, Anna. Alexias, sive de rebus ab Alexio imperatore vel eius tempore gestis, libri quindecim. Ex bibliotheca Barberina nunc primum editi. 1729, 2 volumes, engraved plan of Constantinople; bound with: Kinnamos, Joannes. Historiarum libri sex. 1729, engraved illustration of Hagia Sophia
Manasses, Constantine. Breviarium historicum. Ex interpretatione Ioannis Leunclavii. 1729; Choniates, Nicetas. Historia. Hieronymo Wolfio... interprete... Cura & studio Caroli Annibale Fabroti. 1729
Acropolita, George. Historia... & Ioannis Canani Narratio de bello CP. Leone Allatio interprete. 1729
Pachymer, George. Michael Palaeologus sive historia rerum... nunc primum edita ex Bibliotheca Barberina. 1729
Pachymer, George. Andronicus Palaeologus sive historia rerum...  e Bibliotheca Barberina interprete Petro Possino. 1729
John VI Cantacuzenus, Emperor of the East. Historiarum libri IV... Iacobus Pontanus... latine vertit. 1729, 2 volumes
Chalkokondyles, Laonikos. Historiarum libri decem. Interprete Conrado Clausero... studio & opera Caroli Annibalis Fabroti. 1729
Combefis, François. Historiae Byzantinae scriptores post Theophanem partim nunc primum editi. 1729
[Ibn al-Rahib, Abu Shakir] Chronicon orientale, Latinitate donatum ad Abrahamo Ecchellensi. 1729
Kodinus, George, Curopalata. De officiis magnae ecclesiae, et aulae Constantinopolitanae. Ex versione P. Iacobi Gretseri... Cura & opera P. Iacobi Goar. 1729
Anastasius, the Librarian. Historia ecclesiastica, sive chronographia tripertita... Accedunt notæ Caroli Annibalis Fabroti. 1729
Gregoras, Nicephorus. Byzantina historia... libri XI ab Hier. Wolfio iampridem Latini facti... libri XIII nunc primum e codd. mss. eruti & typis mandati. Ex his libros fere Latine vertit Joh. Boivin... 1729
Villehardouin, Geoffroi de. Histoire de l'empire de Constantinople sous les empereurs françois. 1729, 2 parts in one volume
Genesius, Josephus. De rebus Constantinopolitanis a Leone Armenio ad Basilium Macedonem libri quatuor nunc primum editi. Venice: G.B. Pasquali, 1733; Malalas, Joannes. Historia chronica. 1733; Allatius, Leo. Summitka sive opuscula graeca et latina. 1733
Du Cange, Charles du Fresne. Historia Byzantina duplici commentario illustrata. 1729, engraved illustrations of coins and relics, 3 engraved plates of Hagia Sophia
Banduri, Anselmo. Imperium orientale sive antiquitates constantinopolitanae. 1729, 2 volumes, 2 folding engraved maps, 21 engraved plates (19 double-page), 2 folding engraved views of the Serrail



together 30 volumes, folio (396 x 262mm.), half-titles, parallel Greek and Latin text, engraved devices on title-pages, engraved and woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, uniform contemporary Dutch blind-stamped vellum, morocco lettering-pieces

Ampleforth Abbey Library, armorial bookplates

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A fine set of the second edition of the great Corpus Byzantinæ historiæ, compiled at the behest of Louis XIV and originally published in Paris in 1645-1688. Its aim was two-fold: to publish texts for the first time and record previously unknown manuscripts, and also to provide a broader knowledge of Byzantine civilization through commentaries and glossaries. It remained the standard edition until Bekker's Corpus scriptorum Byzantinae historiae was published in Bonn in the mid-19th century.

In the first volume is pasted a printed list of 22 volumes (some in more than one part), in Dutch, with instructions for the binder, indicating that several or indeed many copies of this edition were destined for the Dutch market.