The Works of Flavius Josephus, . in Four Volumes; To Which Are Added Three Dissertations Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, Etc.

Josephus, Flavius; William Whiston (Trans. )

Verlag: T. Simpson & Co,, New York, 1809

Beschreibung

Frontis piece and copperplate maps, folding; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1750 pages; 4 volumes complete. 447, 424 ,432, 447 pp. Uniformly bound in tree calf leather. Title labels missing from spines. Upper boards of Vols 2 & 3 are detached; other joints tenuous. Complete with copperplate engraved frontis portrait and two copperplate maps of Jerusalem. Prior ownership of James Wilson, an inventor who donated these books among many others to the private NYC "inventor's library" of The American Insititute. Ownership in manuscript of Wilson to front and rear endpages; bookplate of the Institute mounted to the pastedowns. Period red inkstamp of the Library to the first printed page of vols I & II. Text pages clean with just mild toning and occasional light foxing. Leather at spines dry and flaking; some rubbing and surface scraping to leather boards. Good or a little better thus. . Oversize book set will require additional charges for most shipping methods. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 33861

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Works of Flavius Josephus, . in Four ...

Verlag: T. Simpson & Co,, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1809

Einband: Leather

Zustand: Good