71 3168 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Flavius Josephus 71/3168 [Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Flavius Josephus. Opera quaedam Quorum catalogum proxima pagella indicabit. Primus. Lyon, S. Gryphius [= S. Gryphe], 1528, (80),578,(2)p., woodcut printer's vignette on title and last p., num. woodcut initials, contemp. richly blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards w. brass catches, frontcover w. central panel showing a German coat of arms, backcover showing Justitia, both surrounded by a border of roundels w. classical heads w. embossed caption below ("Gottes wordt blew" "Voluntatemtimencium se facet dominus psalm V"), w. monogram "IHG" and date "1572" on frontcover. - First and last quire inner margin professionally strengthened; new endpapers; occas. waterstained; 16th cent. owner's entry on upper pastedown. = The first volume of 3. This volume contains the first 10 books of the Jewish Antiquites. Graesse III, p.481; cf. Adams J358 and 359 (listing the 2nd and 3rd vol. This vol. not in Adams). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLIV.
71 3168 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Flavius Josephus 71/3168 [Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Flavius Josephus. Opera quaedam Quorum catalogum proxima pagella indicabit. Primus. Lyon, S. Gryphius [= S. Gryphe], 1528, (80),578,(2)p., woodcut printer's vignette on title and last p., num. woodcut initials, contemp. richly blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards w. brass catches, frontcover w. central panel showing a German coat of arms, backcover showing Justitia, both surrounded by a border of roundels w. classical heads w. embossed caption below ("Gottes wordt blew" "Voluntatemtimencium se facet dominus psalm V"), w. monogram "IHG" and date "1572" on frontcover. - First and last quire inner margin professionally strengthened; new endpapers; occas. waterstained; 16th cent. owner's entry on upper pastedown. = The first volume of 3. This volume contains the first 10 books of the Jewish Antiquites. Graesse III, p.481; cf. Adams J358 and 359 (listing the 2nd and 3rd vol. This vol. not in Adams). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLIV.
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