CARION (Johann) Les Chroniques de Iean Carion philosophe. Auec les faicts & gestes du Roy François, iusques au regne du Roy He(n)ry deuxiesme de ce nom, à present regnant. Paris : Jean Longis, 1551. - In-16, (32 ff.), 351 ff. Brown calf, double frame of cold-stamped fillets, gilt iron at corners and center of boards, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). New edition of Jean Leblond's French translation of the chronicles of the German astrologer and mathematician Johann Carion (1499-1537). This important work is considered the first Protestant universal history textbook. It first appeared in German in 1530, with a preface by Melanchton. The first edition of the French translation by Jean Leblond appeared in 1549. A fine copy in contemporary binding. Part of the leaves have been ruled. A few rare annotations. (Restorations to the spine and corners, two small cracks to the hinge of the first cover, some wear and tear. Small stain at top of title): Handwritten bookplates on the first endpaper, one dated 1628.