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Flavius Josephus
Flavii Josephi Antiquitatum Judaicarum libri XX
Basileae: Published by Froben, 1554.
[4], 886pp, [16]. [Opera of Josephus: Containing Sigmund Gelen and Erasmus's translations] Contents: 1. Antiquities of the Jews, with Flavius's autobiography, translated by the Czech philologist Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554); 2. the Jewish war; 3. Against Apion, both in the late antique translation by Ruffinus of Aquilea (340-410), revised by Gelen; 4. a treatise on the martyrdom of the Maccabees, edited by Erasmus.
Condition: hinges cracked with first few leaves pulling to gutter. some marking, a number of leaves heavily annotated and underlined. Endpapers with loss. Folio. Bound in leather over wooden boards, Worn, spine with loss to head. 350mm x 230mm.
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