The works of Josephus. With great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'Andilly. Also the embassy of Philo Judæus, to the emperor Caius Caligula. Never translated before. With the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper-plates, serving to illustrate the history.
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3069865
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 854, [32] p., [1] folded map . ill.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: J.12.5. Pagination: [12], 854, [32] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 double plate). Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 657.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown: "O.4. For: history".. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding (rubbed); gilt roll on board edges; red gilt title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100)