204 - [Holy Land]. FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS.

[Holy Land]. FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. History of the Jews [...] subtitled *Antiquities of the Jews*. [And] The Jewish War. Brussels: Eugène Henry Fricx, 1701–1702 [&] 1703. Two works in 5 small 8vo volumes. Contemporary speckled fawn calf, ribbed spine, fawn title labels and volume numbers, gilt title, decorated panels, speckled edges (some rubbing and minor scuffs, rubbed corners, cap bands worn down or occasionally missing, scattered light foxing but interior still fresh). Two works constituting an essential ancient account of the Judean revolt against Rome in 66 A.D. and the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. Writings by the Roman Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, including this French translation by Robert Arnauld d’Andilly (1589–1674), a humanist and leading figure of Jansenism, is the first major translation from the ancient Greek text and marked a milestone in the history of publishing. According to Cohen, these two works are always found together. Illustrated with the allegorical frontispiece from the first volume of *The History of the Jews*, engraved in black on copper by Berterham after van Orley; and numerous in-text vignettes engraved in black on copper. This edition is sought after for its intaglio engravings and its frontispiece. A fine copy printed on heavy paper and in its original binding. Provenance: a copy belonging to Adrien-Gérard, Count Lannoy de Clervaux, governor of Namur in 1721, with his handwritten bookplate on the title pages and his engraved vignette bearing his coat of arms. History of the Jews. Volume I. XXIV-523-(11) pp. Volume II. 516-(23) pp. Volume III. (1) f., 389-(79) pp. History of the Jewish War Against the Romans. Volume I. LXXXIV–358–(14) pp. Volume II. 555–(33) pp. Cohen, 520–521.