1503 - Jewish History by Flavius Josephus, 1687

Jewish History by Flavius Josephus, 1687 By the most renowned Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus: some twenty works on ancient Jewish history, seven on the Jewish War, the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the entire country, two on the ancient origins of the Jews against Apion the Grammarian, one on the triumph of reason and the martyrdom of the Maccabees, and also on the life of Josephus, [...], published by Johann Daviod Zunners in Frankfurt am Main in 1687, Format 4°, full-page engraved title plate, two-colour printed title page with woodcut vignette ‘Onerata Renitor’, 3 leaves, 488/284 pp., 4 leaves, 168 pp., 24 leaves, in an unmarked contemporary parchment binding with cardboard covers, endpaper bearing the owner’s name in handwriting, pages uniformly darkened and slightly wavy throughout, book block loosened, binding showing distinct signs of age and wear.