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Hayton of Corycus [aka Hethum the Historian] (c. 1240-1310) Liber Historiarum Partium Orientis.
Hagenau: Per Johan. Sec., 1529.
First edition in Latin, quarto, title page printed within woodcut compartment with squabbling cherubs at the foot; printed in a single column throughout in a clear roman letter; larger printer's device to verso of final text leaf; final integral blank present; bound in modern half leather; 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Rare on the market; this is the only Latin edition, the text was only available in two other editions in this period, one in French, the other in English, both reportedly poor translations.
Hayton was a medieval Armenian historian who dictated this history of Asia at the request of Clement V. It was very popular in the Late Middle Ages and, circulating in manuscript form, it was the prevailing source of knowledge in the west regarding Asia. In it, Hayton covers 7th century Muslim conquests, a history of the Mongol Empire, and discusses Christian crusades in the Holy Land.
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