1580 FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED MASSIVE FOLIO antique Judaica RARE

FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS (37-100 AD).

Opera...De antiquitatibus Iudaicis...De bello iudaico..Contra Apionem...De imperio rationis, sive de Macchabaeis.


Frankfurt: Feyerabend; 1580

Monumental illustrated edition of the works of Flavius Josephus,
with only two auction records (RBH),
in the Latin version by Erasmus, Rufinus Tyrannius and Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554)

Large engraved allegorical frame on the title page, engraved arms of the Duke of Saxony on the preface, a large full-page woodcut depicting the genesis and 97 large woodcut vignettes in the text, engraved initials and headpieces.

Original vellum binding with manuscript title to the spine

Some wear, renewed endpapers

Folio. Size 10 by 14.5 inches

Text in Latin
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