Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Josephus Flavius – Antiquities of the Jews – French – Amsterdam, 1700 – Engravings
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Histoire Des Juifs, Ecrite Par Flavius Joseph, Sous le Titre de Antiquitez Judaiques, Traduite Par Arnauld D'Andilly. Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1700. French.
The history of the Jewish people, from Creation and up to the Great Revolt. Includes additional title page with an engraving, many engravings incorporated in the text, and two folded maps and a folded engraving.
Signature of the previous owners on the title page, “H.W. Baron d'Asseburg” - apparently the signature of Herman Werner von der Asseburg - a senior minister in Cologne in the early eighteenth century.
758, [21] pp., 31 cm. Good condition. Tears to margins of folded maps and engravings and to engraving facing the title page. Original leather binding, with wear, stains and damage.
The history of the Jewish people, from Creation and up to the Great Revolt. Includes additional title page with an engraving, many engravings incorporated in the text, and two folded maps and a folded engraving.
Signature of the previous owners on the title page, “H.W. Baron d'Asseburg” - apparently the signature of Herman Werner von der Asseburg - a senior minister in Cologne in the early eighteenth century.
758, [21] pp., 31 cm. Good condition. Tears to margins of folded maps and engravings and to engraving facing the title page. Original leather binding, with wear, stains and damage.