Flavii Josephi - Des hochberüempten Histori beschreibers alle Bücher - 1553
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Flavii Josephi’s German-language history book, Des hochberüempten Histori beschreibers alle Bücher, was published in 1553 and is bound in a contemporary embossed cover, with the first part’s title page missing.
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“Flavius Josephus about the highly renowned historian describes all books. Namely 20 of the old histories of the Jews” 1553.
Rare two-part edition, printed by Samuel Emmel in Strasbourg.
The pages are consistently lightly browned and have continuous, mostly unobtrusive water stains along the margins. Toward the end there are sometimes somewhat more pronounced marginal stains.
Page 6 in the first part shows a tear down to about the middle of the page in the lower inner margin.
Page 161 in the first part has a large tear at the top corner. Also the white leaf between both parts has a larger defect in the upper corner area.
From page 160 in the second part there are top corner tears that increase toward the end. From page 167 the defects affect the text area, initially only with loss of characters and the last leaves with text loss.
Leaves LL1 and LL3-5 in the index are only about halfway present. In addition, the index shows worm trails in the text.
The title page of the first part is missing.
Bound in a beautiful engraved contemporary binding with a remnant of a clasp.
The binding is rubbed, somewhat more so in places. The corners are bumped, the rear cover has some small worm trails and the spine shows a small defect at the bottom.
Collation: 11 (of 12) leaves, 286 (recto 386) leaves, 17 leaves, 1 white leaf, 12 leaves, 183 numbered leaves, 7 leaves
Dimensions: 33 x 22 cm
“Flavius Josephus about the highly renowned historian describes all books. Namely 20 of the old histories of the Jews” 1553.
Rare two-part edition, printed by Samuel Emmel in Strasbourg.
The pages are consistently lightly browned and have continuous, mostly unobtrusive water stains along the margins. Toward the end there are sometimes somewhat more pronounced marginal stains.
Page 6 in the first part shows a tear down to about the middle of the page in the lower inner margin.
Page 161 in the first part has a large tear at the top corner. Also the white leaf between both parts has a larger defect in the upper corner area.
From page 160 in the second part there are top corner tears that increase toward the end. From page 167 the defects affect the text area, initially only with loss of characters and the last leaves with text loss.
Leaves LL1 and LL3-5 in the index are only about halfway present. In addition, the index shows worm trails in the text.
The title page of the first part is missing.
Bound in a beautiful engraved contemporary binding with a remnant of a clasp.
The binding is rubbed, somewhat more so in places. The corners are bumped, the rear cover has some small worm trails and the spine shows a small defect at the bottom.
Collation: 11 (of 12) leaves, 286 (recto 386) leaves, 17 leaves, 1 white leaf, 12 leaves, 183 numbered leaves, 7 leaves
Dimensions: 33 x 22 cm
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
History, Religion
Book title
Des hochberüempten Histori beschreibers alle Bücher
Author/ Illustrator
Flavii Josephi
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1553
Height
33 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
22 cm
Language
German
Original language
No
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
1000
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