[Rarebooks] FS: Josephus, Verona, 1480

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(INCUNABULA) Josephus, Flavius. DE BELLO JUDAICO, DE ANTIQUITATE JUDAEORUM 
CONTRA APINONEM [Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis & Edited by Ludovicus 
Cendrata]. (Verona: Petrus Maufer. Dec. 25, 1480). Folio. 212 (of 214) leaves, 
lacking the two preliminary unsigned leaves containing the editor’s letter of 
dedication (see below for a discussion). Roman type. A large margined copy. The 
final 65 leaves have an old brown (oil?) stain in the outer blank margin (in 6 of 
the leaves the stain extends into the text). 18th century vellum backed 
boards, rubbed and somewhat soiled. With the bookplates of Viscount Mersey of 
Bignor Park and Arthur John Naish.     $17,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The only signed book by this printer. Apparently, only some copies contain 
the 2 leaves of preliminaries. Of the 7 copies which have appeared at auction in 
the last 30 years, 5 have lacked these 2 leaves. The third leaf, a blank, is 
present in this copy. Goff J484. BMC VII 951. Hain 9452.

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