Josephus, Opera, Basel, Froben, 1544, later sixteenth-century calf gilt

Flavius Josephus

Opera. Basel: (Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius), 1544

folio (330 x 223 mm.), text in Greek, title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device in red on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut printer's device on final verso, later sixteenth-century calf with gilt centrepiece of leafy sprays, rebacked with spine gilt in compartments, extremities rubbed, corners repaired

EDITIO PRINCEPS of Josephus's works on Jewish antiquities and the Jewish Wars.

LITERATURE:

VD16 J 955

PROVENANCE:

"m^tt mo^tt", inscription on title-page; A. Vezzani, note on flyleaf