Josephus, De bello Judaico, Venice, 1486, later vellum-backed boards

JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS

De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico [translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus]. Venice: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 23 October 1486

Chancery folio (310 x 209mm.), 276 leaves (of 278, without initial and final blanks), a¹⁰ b-r [long s] s-x⁸ y⁶ A-L⁸ M⁶, 56 lines, roman type, initial spaces, early annotations, nineteenth-century half vellum, spine gilt, some deckle edges, some foxing or staining

A reprint of the 1481 Noviomagus edition.

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ISTC ij00486000

PROVENANCE:

Nathan Schur, booklabel; sale, Sotheby's, 23 March 1999, lot 125

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