JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS

AUCTION 21 | Thursday, December 04th, 2003 at 1:00
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Lot 120

JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS

Iosippus de Bello Iudaico (Josephus. Wars of the Jews). Decalogue and commentary of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra appended. Latin and Hebrew translation by the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster face-à-face. Reads right to left. Followed by selections from the Mishnaic tractate of Avoth (Ethics of the Fathers) (left to right). Hebrew with Yiddish and Latin translations.* Bound with: Thomas à Kempis.The Imitation of Christ (Cologne: Arnold Birckmann, 1564). pp. (6),196, (1). Latin text. pp. 342, (1), (96). Excellent condition. Elaborately blind-tooled vellum with family crest. 8vo Prijs, Basle 105

Basle: Henricus Petri 1559

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $850