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Creator:
Josephus, Flavius
Title(s):
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.
Additional Title(s):
Works. English. 1676
Published/Created:
London : Printed by Abel Roper at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[14], 543 [i.e. 545], [7], 557-854 [i.e. 846], [33] p. : ill., 1 folded map. ; 35 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DS116 .J6714 1676+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Based on a translation from the Latin and French by Thomas Lodge; revised and amended according to Arnauld d'Andilly's French translation."--NUC pre-1956.
"The lamentable & tragical history of the wars and utter ruine of the Jews ... Formerly translated ... by Tho. Lodge ... and now revised ..." has special title page, dated 1675.
Errors in paging: 515-516, 567-568, 711-712, 813-814, 847-848 repeated; 643-656, 715-716 omitted in numbering.
Title page printed in black and red.
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700, J1078
English short title catalogue, R11907
Arber, E. Term catalogues, 1668-1709 A.D., I 241
Includes index.
BAC: British Art Center copy lacks folded map. Bound in contemporary (?) calf.
Subject Terms:
Jews -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800.
Jews -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Josephus, Flavius.
Roper, Abel -- Printer.
Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1676.
Contributors:
Philo, of Alexandria. De legatione ad Gaium. English.
Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625, tr.
Arnauld d'Andilly, Monsieur (Robert), 1588–1674, tr.
Roper, Abel, 1665–1726, printer.
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