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Bidding Information
Lot #    21008
Auction End Date    6/17/2008 11:43:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The works of Josephus
Author    Flavius. Josephus
City    London
Publisher    H. Herringman, et. al.
Publication Date    1683
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [13], 543 [i.e. 545], [6], 557-854 [i.e. 846], [33] p. : ill., port., 1 folded map., tall folio, 361:233 mm., wide margins, light age and damp staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary leather on boards, rubbed, front panel loose.
          
Detailed
Description		    Title: The works of Josephus 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. London : Printed for H. Herringman, T. Basset, N. Ranew, R. Chiswell, J. Wright, and J. Robinson, MDCLXXXIII [1683].

Based on a translation from the Latin and French by Thomas Lodge; revised and amended according to Arnauld d'Andilly's French translation. This revision first published in 1676.
          
Reference
Description		    Wing J1079A
        
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Listing Classification
Period
17th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica