Lot 615
  • 615

Flavius Josephus and Jacques Basnage

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 4 volumes in contemporary Dutch decorated bindings, comprising:
  • Paper
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Alle de Werken (Egesippus van de Joodsche Oorlogen...) [translated from the French of Arnauld d'Andilly by W. Sewel]. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1704, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustrations, 14 double-page engraved plates and maps

BASNAGE, Jacques. Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemene historie de Joodsche Naatsie... uit het Fransch vertaalt, en emt kopere Platen versiert. Amsterdam: Gerard Onder de Linden; Delft: Reinier Boitet, 1726-1727, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of the dedicatee and engraved text of dedication, engraved portrait of Basnage, engraved illustrations, 4 letterpress tables (1 folding, 1 loose), engraved plate



4 volumes, folio (448 x 280mm.), large paper copies, contemporary Dutch panelled calf gilt, gilt centrepiece created from numerous small tools, spines gilt à la grotesque, gilt edges, extremities slightly rubbed

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