[ANCIENT WORLD] [JEWS] [WOMEN SHOPKEEPERS] THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS, A MAN OF MUCH HONOUR AND LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS. FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE LATIN AND FRENCH BY THO. LODGE, DOCTOR IN PHYSICK, WHEREUNTO ARE NEWLY ADDED THE REFERENCES OF THE SCRIPTURES THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY AND AFTERWARDS COLLECTED INTO A TABLE.

Flavius Josephus | Tho. Lodge [Translator]

London: Printed by J. L. for Anne Hood, and are to be sold at her shop in Dunstan’s Churchyard in Fleet-Street, [1655] [1656].

Quarto; in a modern binding of tan half-calf over marbled boards with a morocco label.~~Seventeenth century edition of this history of the Jews by Josephus, translated by Thomas Lodge. Certainly of interest is that Part I -- The Famous and Lamentable Works of Josephus --was printed for sale in the shop of Anne Hood in Dunstan’s Church-year, in Fleet-Street (sadly there is some surface loss to this interesting bibliographical detail). With a separate title page for Part 2, The Lamentable and Tragical History...; imprint for Part 2 reads “Printed by J. L. for Abel Roper ... 1656.” ~~Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Collates complete; 2o: [par.]5 ([par.]5 = ‘[par.]3’) A-V6 (V2 = ‘U2’) 2A-2V6 (2B2 = ‘b2’) 3A-3F6 3G8 3H-3V6 4A-4H6 4I-4K4 4L6 [$3 (-D1, 4I3, 4K3. +3G4) signed]; 429 leaves; [10], 554, [5] 556-812, [32] pp. Genealogical notes written on the reinforced verso of the title page, of the Igglesden family of Newenden, Kent. ~~There is significant surface wear to the title page and following leaf, with staining and some loss; title page and final leaf of the index reinforced with contemporary paper, likely the nineteenth century endpapers on which the genealogical notes were written, and title page additionally reinforced by a modern conservator. Loss to the top edge of the fourth leaf of the preliminaries; edge wear to the preliminaries; paper loss to the top corner of the final two signatures comprising the Table, just slightly affecting the text (4K2-4L6); scattered and minor ink staining, smudging, and the like, but with no foxing. Modern rebinding, in half brown leather over marbled paper boards, with a modern leather label on the spine [Note: an earlier -- contemporary? -- label is laid in].~~~~ (ESTC R10907; Wing (2nd ed.), J1076).

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