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The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior : containing ..
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Works. English. 1795
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The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior : containing ... / translated from the original in the Greek language, and diligently revised and compared with the writings of co[n]temporary authors, of different nations, on the subject, all tending to prove the authenticity of the work ; to which is added, various useful indexes ... ; also, a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time, including a period of more than one thousand seven hundred years ..., by George Henry Maynard ... ; illustrated with marginal references and notes, historical, biographical, classical, critical, geographical, and explanatory, by the Rev. Edward Kimpton ... ; embellished with sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, members of the Royal Academy, and engraved by American artists.
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Baltimore : Printed and sold Pechin and Co., 1795.
Physical Description
vi, [7]-723 [i.e. 717], [5] p., [60] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., 2 maps, 1 plan ; 43 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The martyrdoms of the Maccabees, erroneously attributed to Josephus, is the apocryphal Fourth Book of Maccabees.
Copperplates by J.K. Allen, A. Anderson, A. Doolittle, A. Godwin, E. Kimpton, P. Maverick, G.H. Maynard, J. Roche, W. Rollinson, B. Tanner, C. Tiebout, and E. Tisdale.
First issued in parts, New York, 1792-1794.
Signatures: [A]² B-C² D-8P² chi1 (gathering 2U missigned 2T; 3E-3F missigned 3D-3E).
Numbers 265-268, 701-702 omitted in pagination.
Printed in double columns.
Includes indexes.
"List of subscribers' names": pages [725]-[726] at end
"List of subscribers' names in the city of Baltimore": p. [727] at end.
Variant and related titles
Josephvs's Works
Fourth Book of Maccabees. English.
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English
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2023
Contents
(from t. p.) 1. The antiquities of the Jews, in twenty books, with their wars, memorable transactions, remarkable occurrences, their various turns of glory and misery, prosperity and adversity, from the creation of the world
2. The wars of the Jews with the Romans, from their commencement to the final destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in the reign of Vespasian, in seven books
3. The book of Josephus against Apion in defence of the Jewish antiquities, in two parts
4. The martyrdoms of the Maccabees
5. The embassy of Philo from the Jews of Alexandria, to the Emperor Caius Caligula
6. The life of Flavius Josephus, written by himself
7. Testimonies of Josephus concerning our blessed Saviour, St. John the Baptist, &c. clearly vindicated.
References
Shipton & Mooney 40470
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