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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS (37-100 AD). Opera...De antiquitatibus Iudaicis...De bello iudaico..Contra Apionem...De imperio rationis, sive de Macchabaeis. Frankfurt: Feyerabend, 1580.
Monumental illustrated edition of the works of Flavius Josephus, with only two auction records (RBH), in the Latin version by Erasmus, Rufinus Tyrannius and Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554)
Folio, (380 x 245mm). Large engraved allegorical frame on the title page, engraved arms of the Duke of Saxony on the preface, a large full-page woodcut depicting the genesis and 97 large woodcut vignettes in the text, engraved initials and headpieces (light spotting). Contemporary vellum binding with handwritten title to spine (light wear, renewed endpapers). (1)
Folio, (380 x 245mm). Large engraved allegorical frame on the title page, engraved arms of the Duke of Saxony on the preface, a large full-page woodcut depicting the genesis and 97 large woodcut vignettes in the text, engraved initials and headpieces (light spotting). Contemporary vellum binding with handwritten title to spine (light wear, renewed endpapers). (1)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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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
