The genuine works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian. : Translated from the original Greek, according to Havercamp's accurate edition. ... To this book are prefixed eight dissertations, ... / By William Whiston, ...
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100)
Category
Books
Date
1737
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3028217
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], cvi, *cv-*cviii, [1], cviii-clii, 1021, [83] p., [2] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., maps ; fol. Bound in 2 vols. and according to the binder’s directions (pp. [4], 687, [1]; cviii, *cv-*cviii, cix-clii, [1], 690-1021, [83] p.). Candle burns? on pp. 411-12, 579-80; drink stain on p. 829. Nineteenth-century pencil notes and lines on pp. 993, 995, 997-8. Vol. 1 has folded sheet of manuscript genealogical table of King Herod held in by green silk ribbon at the back [on paper watermarked: Joseph Rose Tovill Mill Maidstone 1803]. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth century sprinkled, polished sheep over boards on six raised cords; double gilt fillet on spine and covers; blind roll on board edges; orange-brown and blue spine labels; stripes of ink along board inners; red sprinkled edges; olive-green silk bookmarks. Vol. 1 free endpaper not present (removed?).
Makers and roles
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100), author William Whiston (1667 - 1752), translator