![JOSEPHUS, Flavius (c.37-c.100). De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico. Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus. Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis, for [the heirs of] Octavianus Scotus, 23 October 1499.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14299_0137_000(josephus_flavius_de_antiquitate_judaica_de_bello_judaico_translated_by053109).jpg?w=1)
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JOSEPHUS, Flavius (c.37-c.100). De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico. Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus. Venice: Albertinus Vercellensis, for [the heirs of] Octavianus Scotus, 23 October 1499.
Third Venice edition of a major source of Jewish history, with a notable first-hand account of the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. HC *9455; BMC V 421; BSB-Ink I-619; CIBN J-311; Goff J-487.
Super-chancery folio (315 x 217mm). With the blank Z6, woodcut initials (occasional worming and thumb-soiling, some light spotting, a few margins dampstained, II4.5 bound in reverse). Contemporary Italian blindstamped calf over thin pasteboard, author and title tooled on lower cover (a little worn and stained, without 4 ties). Provenance: contemporary annotations and inscription -- Italian translation of title inscribed on title.
Third Venice edition of a major source of Jewish history, with a notable first-hand account of the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. HC *9455; BMC V 421; BSB-Ink I-619; CIBN J-311; Goff J-487.
Super-chancery folio (315 x 217mm). With the blank Z6, woodcut initials (occasional worming and thumb-soiling, some light spotting, a few margins dampstained, II4.5 bound in reverse). Contemporary Italian blindstamped calf over thin pasteboard, author and title tooled on lower cover (a little worn and stained, without 4 ties). Provenance: contemporary annotations and inscription -- Italian translation of title inscribed on title.
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