[Rarebooks] FS: Josephus with woodcuts by J. Amman. (Frankfurt): 1571

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Josephus, Flavius. DES HOCHBERUEHMTEN JUDISCHEN GESCHICHTSCHREIBERS HISTORIEN 
UND BUECHER… von Alten Judischen Geschichten… vom Juedischen Krieg… 
(Frankfurt: Georg Raben und Weygand Hanen Erben). 1571. Folio. 2 volumes in 1, each 
with its own title-page. ff.(6),348,(14);177,(9), Indices. First title within an 
ornate woodcut border and printed in red & black. Second volume with a large 
device on the title and the colophon. Text illustrated with 99 large woodcuts 
(mostly 4-1/4” x 6”) by Jost Amman. A particularly nice fresh copy bound in 
cont. roll-tooled pigskin. Fore-edge clasps missing.     $3,500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
See #VD J980. Not in Adams or the BL German STC.

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