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Bidding Information
Lot #    20702
Auction End Date    5/6/2008 11:34:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Works of Flavius Josephus
Author    [First Ed.] Sir Roger L'Estrange, trans.
City    London
Publisher    Richard Sare
Publication Date    1702
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition of translation. [2 plates; 2 folding maps] [3],18,1130 pp., 389:234 mm., wide margins, light age and damp staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary calf, front hinge detached. Illustrated with 2 fine copper engraved folding maps, and an engraved frontispiece with 4 views and 4 portraits.
          
Detailed
Description		    Title: Translated Into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange Viz. 1. The Antiquities Of The Jews; II. Their Wars With The Romans; III. The Life Of Josephus Written By Himself; IV. His Book Against Apion; V. The Martydom Of The Macabees; VI. Philo's Embassy From The Jews Of Alexandria To Caius Caligula. To Which are added, Two Discourses, and Several Remarks and Observations upon Josephus Together with Maps, Sculptures, & Accurate indexes. London Printed for Richard Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn MDCCII (1702)
          
Reference
Description		    Hoffman II, 458
        
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Listing Classification
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18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica