Flavii Iosephi operum tomus tertius. . De bello Iudaico libros continé[n]s septem: Contra Apionem libros duos: ex græcorum codicum collatione per Sigismundi Geleniû[m] castigatos: De Machabæis, siue de imperio rationis librû[m] vnum, à D. Erasmo Roterodamo recognitum. Indice præterea materiarum in toto opere contentarum locupletem.
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100)
Category
Books
Date
1557
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3020286
Summary
Bibliographic description
755,[113]p. . 16mo. Calf, with rules; small gilt flower as centre-piece (also used as spine decoration). Extensive annotations (16c.) in Greek in margins of text and in Latin in index. Notes in Greek on title-page: (1) Ho khrêsim gêo[?] poll' eidôs sophos (2) di' udallo khrimat [?]. On verso of title-page: alphabet in different letters, and motto: Virtus ampletibitur me (both 16/17c. hand). On last page of index, in 16c. hands: Gulielmus Spigaton[? - 2nd word crossed through, replaced by:] melenes. On inside of back board is a list of English names (16/17c. hand), incl.: Nich. Ember[?] / Alicia uxor eius / Tho Crede ... /[...] / Margaret Swallow uxor ... / [...] / Agnes Pluett.../Johanne Bullock [...]. Provenance: MS note at foot of title-page (partly obscured): Empti 3um lib. Hud [or Nud] Sterb a jeliis[?] septemb 10 - 1590. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests).
Makers and roles
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100) Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) Sigismundus Gelenius