THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS, A MAN OF MUCH HONOR AND LEARING AMONG JEWS

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Folio [ 9 X 13 1/2 inches ], brown full leather, gilt title on spine, raised bands, 812 pages plus 28 page "Table of the chiefest and most memorable things, which are handled in this work,' and 4 page 'A table of Josephus directing to the bible', in two columns. The last page of the table one half of the second column is missing. That page and the back end paper have been faced. The name 'Arkell' and notes and the date 1788 is written in old script on the back end paper. At some early time this volume was probably rebacked and the label on the back strip is, without a doubt, new. Wing J1077B; ESTCR179045 Thomas Lodge, translator, authored the first English translation of Josephus' Works, first published in 1602 and numerous times thereafter. --- Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian of a priestly family, who wrote largely in Greek. N° de ref. del artículo 5480

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