Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus. English translation by Thomas Lodge. [10], 554, [5], 556-812, [28] pages. Folio, 331x206 mm, modern 1/4 morocco; contents toned with light marginal soiling and dampstaining, minor restoration along edges and in corners on general title, small piece torn from blank outer margin of E6, small rust hole through 2E1 affecting a couple of words, paper crack in 2L6 not impairing legibility, marginal restoration on index leaves and repaired vertical clean tear across 4K4 minimally affecting text, last leaf irregularly trimmed and mounted with loss to a few lines of text and woodcut tailpiece. London: J. L. for Andrew Hebb, 1632

Additional Details

Fourth edition of Lodge's translation, the first into English, originally published in 1602; issue with Hebb imprint. STC 14812.