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Flavius Josephus. De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico. Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis for [the heirs of] Octav...
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An Incunable Edition of Josephus
Flavius Josephus. De antiquitate Judaica. De bello
Judaico. Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis for [the heirs of]
Octavianus Scotus, 1499, 23 October. Incunable edition of Josephus.
Folio. a8, b6, A-Y8, Z6, 2A-2I8, 2K8 [lacking 2K 1, 2, 3, 7, and
8]. [28], ccliii, cclvii-cclix. 271 [of 276] leaves. Lacks leaves
254-256, 260 (colophon) and final blank. Numerous woodcut initials.
Eighteenth-century vellum-backed paper-boards. Binding worn at
edges, hinges cracked. Upper margin of title-page restored
(restored portion was blank, so no loss),early ink Latin notes.
Text soiled; B1 stained, 2H8r old signature inked out, 2I8r old
note; 2K4-6 loose (probably from another copy.) Still, a good copy.
Josephus' works are an indispensable source on first century Jewish
life and history.Goff J487; HC 9455*. Pell Ms 6756 (6719). CIBN J-311. Péligry 485. Richard 304. Torchet 540. Zehnacker 1345 bis. Polain(B) 2332. IGI 5390. IBP 3281. IDL 1824. CCIR J-81. IBE 3322. IBPort 1045. Madsen 2345. Mendes 736. Sack(Freiburg) 2163. Voull (Trier) 2120. Voull (B) 4242. Mittler-Kind 178. Oates 2017, 2018. Pr 5148. BMC V 421. BSB-Ink I-619. GW M15168. ISTC ij00487000. Schreckenberg, Josephus, 165. From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
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Josephus, Flavius. De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico. Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis for [the heirs of] Octavianus Scotus, 1499, 23 October. Folio. a8, b6, A-Y8, Z6, 2A-2I8, 2K8 [lacking 2K 1,2,3,7,&8. [28], ccliii, cclvii-cclix. 271 [of 276] leaves. Lacks ff 254-6, 260 (colophon) and final blank. 18th c. vellum-backed paper-boards, worn at edges; t.p. blank top 1/3 of page replaced,early ink Latin notes, soiled; B1 stained; 2H8r old signature inked out, 2I8r old note; 2K4-6 loose (probably from another copy.) Numerous woodcut initials. Flavius Josephus (b. 37/8 A.D.), a Jewish priest and Pharisee, was put in command of the Jewish resistance in Galilee at the time of revolt against Rome, but was captured at Jotapata; his life was spared when he predicted that Vespasian would become emperor. His works are an indispensable source on first century Jewish life and history: the Jewish Antiquities explaining to the Romans the history of the Jews from Creation to the revolt of A.D.66, the Jewish Wars explaining the history of the wars from the Maccabean revolt to 66 A.D. to the Mesopotamian Jews.
Goff J487; HC 9455*. Pell Ms 6756 (6719). CIBN J-311. Péligry 485. Richard 304. Torchet 540. Zehnacker 1345 bis. Polain(B) 2332. IGI 5390. IBP 3281. IDL 1824. CCIR J-81. IBE 3322. IBPort 1045. Madsen 2345. Mendes 736. Sack(Freiburg) 2163. Voull(Trier) 2120. Voull(B) 4242. Mittler-Kind 178. Oates 2017, 2018. Pr 5148. BMC V 421. BSB-Ink I-619. GW M15168. ISTC ij00487000. Schreckenberg, Josephus, 165.
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