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JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. Dell'Antichità de' Giudei. [36], 987, [1] pages * Della Guerra de' Giudei. [16], 425, [3] pages, including final leaf with printer's device. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 205x148 mm, 18th-century vellum boards gilt with morocco lettering pieces, first volume rebacked retaining most of original backstrip; scattered foxing and occasional light marginal dampstaining in both volumes. Venice: Gio. & Gio. Paolo Gioliti de' Ferrari, 1583; 1582
Italian translations by Francesco Baldelli, original published in 1581. From collection of the Reverend Thomas Crofts (1722-81), "the finest library of old Italian books yet seen in England" (de Ricci, page 56), with his initials on the front pastedowns.
