[Rarebooks] FS: Flavius Josephus, illus. Jan Luyken 1704

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Josephus, Flavius.  Arnauld d'Andilly, (Robert); 
Sewel, William, tr.; Luiken, Jan, illus. ALLE DE 
WERKEN VAN FLAVIUS  JOSEPHUS: BEHELZENDE TWINTIG 
BOEKEN VAN DE JOODSCHE OUDHEDEN, 'T VERHAAL VAN 
ZYN EYGEN LEEVEN, DE  HISTORI VAN DE OORLOGEN DER 
JOODEN TEGENS DE ROMEYNEN, ZYNE TWEE BOEKEN TEGEN 
APION, EN ZYNE  BESCHRYVING VAN DEN MARTELDOOD 
DER MACHABEEN. WAARBY KOMT HET GEZANTSCHAP VAN 
PHILO AAN DEN  KEYZER KALIGULA [TWO PARTS IN ONE 
VOLUME]. T' Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 
boekverkooper, 1704. [18 of 19 lvs,  lacking 
first blank], 782 [i.e. 774], [30], 113, , [11] 
pp., [14] folded leaves of plates. Illus. with 
added engraved title  page, 10 folded leaves of 
plates, 4 folded leaves of maps and plans, and 
111 plates in the text by Jan Luiken. Folio. 
Blind stamped velum boards rebacked in vellum, 
seven raised bands.  Extensively illustrated by 
Jan Luyken (1649-1712)  the creative Dutch 
illustrator, engraver, and poet. Schreckenberg 
32. Eeghen:  Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken, 
II: 396 (pp. 579-592). Hoffman II: 604. Grasse 
III: 482. Fürst II: 127h.

Vellum soiled, new endpapers, engraved extra 
title reinforced at fore  and bottom edges, 
soiled, a few marginal repairs to the early 
leaves with minor marginal dampstaining through 
E2, a few  further tears and repairs, one map 
neatly repaired on verso, dampstain mainly to 
lower margin of last half of second part  and its 
index affecting text on the last few dozen 
leaves. A good copy with strong images.  [36114] 
$1000.00

Regards,

Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P. O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424
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