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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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