THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKES OF JOSEPHUS. A Man of Much Honour and Learning Among the Jewes. Faithfully translated out of the Latin and the French by Tho. Lodge, Doctor in Physicke by Flavius Josephus - 1609

Printed By Humfrey Lownes, for G.Bishop, S.Waterson, and Tho .Adams, London, 1609. Second Edition. Hardcover. No Dust Jacket. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. The First Edition was published in 1602. Leather spine over brown cloth boards. Well worn and lightly rubbed marked. There is a 2 inch split at head of spine although the boards are still firmly attached and secure. Internally, the book lacks front end papers and the title page has been remounted. The corner of one page has been repaired with tape and several pages have been poorly opened leaving the extreme edges a little fragile. The last page has been trimmed by less than 1cm without loss of text. Overall the paper has clearly aged with time and is a little darkened with very occasional light foxing and oil/finger marks. Collation conforms to that of the copy in the British Library -[12], 554, [4], 555-811, [29]p. Page 555 mis-numbered as 522. "The lamentable and tragicall historie of the wars and utter ruine of the Jewes" Has separate title page dated 1609 but pagination and register are continuous. The titles of book contained are 1. A history in twenty books, wherein the antiquity of the Jews is discovered. 2. Seven books of the Wars of the Jews. 3. Two books against Appion the Grammarian, in justification of the antiquities of the Jews. 4. A book as touching the memorable martyrdom of the Machabees. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Jewish History; Ancient (BC); Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 16389..