The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus; Translated by William Whiston.Containing Five Books of the Antiquities of the Jews. To which are Prefixed Three Dissertations.
New York: Printed for Evert Duyckinck, John Tiebout, and M. & W. Ward, 1810.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
Stipple engraved frontispiece portrait in vol. 1. 6 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, flat spines gilt in six compartments, red morocco lettering pieces in the second and fifth. Foxing and staining. Provenance: Joseph Cephas Rawson (bookplate). Shaw 155; Rosenbach 155.
Item #373080
The earliest American editions of the works of Josephus were published prior to the American Revolution, but were composed of sheets from a Glasgow edition with new titles and preliminaries (see Bristol B3581 or Evans 12822). This early American edition in a lovely contemporary binding.
