Iosippus de Bello Iudaico [“Wars of the Jews.”]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS.

printer

N. Petri

Place

Basle

Publication

1559

Description

Decalogue with commentary by Abraham ibn Ezra appended. Latin and Hebrew text on facing pages prepared by Sebastian Münster (reads right to left). Followed by selections from the Mishnaic Ethics of the Fathers (reads left to right). Sebastian Lepusculus.

references

Prijs, Basle 105.

pp. 342, (1), (96). Ex-library, lightly foxed, small portion of title clipped affecting few words on verso. Contemporary vellum. 8vo.

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