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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS (37-100 AD). De antiquitate Judaica. De Bello Judaica. Venice: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 1486.
Copy with interesting provenance of this edition of the Jewish Wars of Flavius Josephus in the Latin version by Tyrannius Rufinus (345-411)
Folio, (298 x 200mm). Spaces for initials, some antique colouring (blank m6 leaves and a2 leaves with the preface by Ruffinus of Aquileia are missing, last gatherings of the second part with wormholes in the text affecting the letters, some occasional spotting and foxing). 17th-18th century leather binding with gilt title to spine, speckled edges. Provenance: 'Benvenuto da San Giorgio cavaliere Ierosolimitano' contemporary ownership inscription to verso of leaf a1; old marginal notes and underlining partly trimmed; 'Comitus Casalensis ord. prid' antique ownership inscription to recto of leaf a1; 'Ex Bibliotheca de Cardena' 18th century ex libris to endpapers. (1)
Folio, (298 x 200mm). Spaces for initials, some antique colouring (blank m6 leaves and a2 leaves with the preface by Ruffinus of Aquileia are missing, last gatherings of the second part with wormholes in the text affecting the letters, some occasional spotting and foxing). 17th-18th century leather binding with gilt title to spine, speckled edges. Provenance: 'Benvenuto da San Giorgio cavaliere Ierosolimitano' contemporary ownership inscription to verso of leaf a1; old marginal notes and underlining partly trimmed; 'Comitus Casalensis ord. prid' antique ownership inscription to recto of leaf a1; 'Ex Bibliotheca de Cardena' 18th century ex libris to endpapers. (1)
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1,200
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
