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Auction 30 · Lot 324

(Pseudo-Josephus). Josippon

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$650

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

YOSEF BEN GORION

printer

Henricus Petri

Place

Basle

Publication

1541

Description

Third Edition. Hebrew in distinctive Basle typeface, provided with nikud (vowel pints). Broad margins

references

Vinograd, Basle 60; Prijs, Basle 60

summary

Prof. David Flusser of Hebrew University undertook extensive research upon the origins, of the creative history, by the apocryphal “Joseph ben Gorion.” Flusser found that the author - (unlike the authentic Joseph ben Matathias Hakohen, or Josephus Flavius, a true denizen of the Second Temple era) - wrote his work in Southern Italy in the year 953 c.e. Our copy has only the Hebrew portion of the book, printed right to left, without the Latin translation
ff. (66). Some browning. Contemporary vellum-backed boards. Folio
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