1788 JOSEPHUS Rare ITALIAN Jewish War Antiquities Jews Bible Judaica 6v SET

1788 JOSEPHUS Rare ITALIAN Jewish War Antiquities Jews Bible Judaica 6v SET

“And when the book of Daniel was showed to Alexander the Great, wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that himself was the person intended.”

– Josephus, Antiquity of the Jews

Flavius Josephus’s most important and famous work was his historical account of the Jewish people, ‘Antiquities of the Jews.’ This work is one of the most referenced works regarding the history and origins of the Jewish faith, providing history beyond what is found in the Bible.

This rare 1788 six-volume Italian set was published in Venice by Bernard Chelero.

Item number: #20186

Price: $795

JOSEPHUS, Flavius

Delle antichità e guerre giudaiche di Gioseffo Flavio

Venezia : Per Bernardo Chelero, 1788.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 12 volumes in 6 tomes
  • Tome 1 – xx, 184; 213, [1]
  • Tome 2 – 207, [1]; 157, [1]
  • Tome 3 – 155, [1]; 154
  • Tome 4 – 155, [1]; 154
  • Tome 5 – 154, [2]; 158
  • Tome 6 – 158; 120
  • Each volume includes separate title page
  • Heavily illustrated with woodcuts throughout
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – S&B
  • Includes a styled ‘&’ of rope, with an English earl’s coronet.
• Language: Italian
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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