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JOSEPHUS, Flavius (c.37-c.100). De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico , translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus. Venice: Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis for Octavianus Scotus, 23 October 1486. Chancery 2° (272 x 183mm). Roman type, initial spaces, a few initials supplied in manuscript. (Some spotting and dampstaining, occasional light browning.) Contemporary bevelled boards (rebacked in modern blindstamped calf, new endleaves, missing four clasps and catches). Provenance : Capuchin convent ('Ad usum loci Lauentium', manuscript in first initial space, 'Laurenti' in manuscript on book-block) -- marginalia and headlines in an early hand (slightly shaved). This edition is a reprint of De Novimagio's 1481 work. HC *9454; Polain (B) 4498; BMC V, 415; Goff J-486.