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[JUDAICA]. [JOSIPPON, "Joseph ben Gorion"]. A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter types of the Iewes common weale...Translated into Englyshe by Peter Morwyng. 1567. 19th-century brown morocco, blindstamped and gilt, g.e. by Hayday (worn, headlines cropped, last leaf laid down, stained, modern box case). STC 14797. Roth, p. 343 (B14, no. 1) -- LEVI, David. A succinct account of the rites, and ceremonies of the Jews. [1784]. Modern leather over bevelled boards with contemporary leather sides onlaid. Roth, p. 331 (B11, no. 17). Provenance: William Stuart (his "Nobilis ira" supralibros and purchase note on title-page) -- FARNEWORTH, Ellis. A Short History of the Israelites. 1756. Contemporary calf (spine a bit worn). -- STEHELIN, John Peter. The Traditions of the Jews. 1742. 2 vols. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf gilt (worn). Roth, p. 352 (B14, no. 54) -- JENNINGS, David. Jewish Antiquities. 1766. 2 vols. (A few leaves slightly browned.) New half calf. See Roth, p. 357 (B14, no. 87) for later editions -- [ADAMS, Hannah]. The History of the Jews. 1796. Folding engraved frontispiece map. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- The Jewish Nation. 1848. Original cloth (worn). -- EDERSHEIM, Alfred. History of the Jewish Nation. Edinburgh, 1856. Folding map (detached). Original cloth (worn). Together 10 vols. All published in London, 8o, unless otherwise noted. (10)
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