EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA. Chronicon. Paris, Henri Estienne for Josse Bade, 1512. In-4, reused calligraphic vellum on wooden boards, four-ribbed spine (Early binding). First edition of the chronological canon of Eusebius of Caesarea, translated into Latin and continued until 379 by Saint Jerome, then until 1512 by various continuators, such as Prosper of Aquitaine, Matteo Palmieri of Florence, Mattia Palmieri of Pisa and Johannes Multivallis. This chronological compendium is mainly in the form of typographical tables printed in red and black, with a fine woodcut frame to the title. The Canon of Eusebius of Caesarea is the most important chronological compendium of antiquity, on which our knowledge of the dates of ancient history is still based. The original Greek text has been lost. Composed at the end of the fourth century, it covers the period from Abraham to the reign of Constantine I in 325. "The volume is famous for its reference to the invention of printing (under the year 1457 Mattia Palmieri records Gutenberg's invention of printing in 1440), and for several passages of American interest: e.g. under the year 1509 Multivallis has devoted considerable space to an account of the arrival of seven savages at Rouen: these are generally agreed to be American Indians" (Schreiber). Lack at the top of the title removing a portion of the engraving, as well as the first verses printed on the verso. Marginal spotting, scattered foxing, bookplate scratched on front cover. Adams, E-1073 - Renouard, Estienne, 12:15 - Renouard, Ascensius, II, 429 - Sabin, n°23114 - Mortimer, n°217 (ed. 1518) - Schreiber, n°28 (ed. 1518).