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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Josephus (Flavius)

THE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS

Published: Printed for T. Basset, N. Ranew, R. Chiswell, J. Wright, J. Robinson, M. Wotton, and G. Connyers, London, 1693

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With great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D\'Andilly.

Also the embassy of Philo Judæus, to the Emperor Caius Caligula. Never translated before. With the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper plates, serving to illustrate the history.

[12], 516, 515-543, [7], 557-568, 567-642, 657-814, 813-848, 847-854 (34 Table of Chapters and index) pages, engraved frontispiece of Josephus, title page printed in red and black, folding map – A Map of the Holy Land (by P. du Val, the King’s Geographer, 1657), 1 full-page engraved plate, 5 engraved illustrations in the text, printed marginalia, contemporary full calf rebacked with a red title label, edges and corners worn, contents crisp.

Based on a translation from the Latin and French by Thomas Lodge; revised and amended according to Arnauld d\'Andilly\'s French translation.

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Size: Folio (395 x 240 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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