The Genuine Works Of Flavius Josephus:.
Rebound in half calf over green cloth; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt, with contrasting morocco title label, gilt. Some foxing and browning and a few stains left by pressed flowers. Ownership inscription of W D Greaves stamped on frontispiece, title page and at the start of the text.
£350.00
Publisher
Printed by John Boyle Bookseller Head of the Broad-Gate.,
Place
Aberdeen
Date
1786
Synopsis
Translated from the original greek. according to havercamp's accurate edition. containing, i. twenty books of the jewish antiquities; with the life of josephus, written by himself. ii. seven books of the jewish wars. iii. two books against apion. iv. an extract out of josephus' exhortation to the greeks, concerning hades, and the resurrection of the dead. together with large notes, proper observations, and an index. to which are added three dissertations, concerning, i. the testimonies of josephus vindicated. ii. god's command to abraham to offer up isaac, his son for a sacrifice. iii. tacitus' account of the origins of the jewish nation, and of the particulars of the last jewish war. with a complete table of the jewish coins, weights, and measures. by william whiston, m.a. some time professor of mathematics in the university of cambridge.
Item Description
Folio. 8.25 x 13.25 inches. [4] + 694 + [24] pp. index. Text in double columns.
Illustrations
Illustrated by engraved portrait frontispiece and folding plan of Jerusalem with elevation of the Temple of Solomon above.
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