Lot 6
Josephus (Flavius) Opera, editio princeps, Basel, Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, 1544.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Josephus (Flavius) Opera, editio princeps, collation: *6 a-z, Aa-Hh6 Ii4 Kk-Zz, AA-MM6, single column Greek text, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, repeated on verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and typographic head-pieces, final leaf holed with slight loss of text on recto, short repaired tears also to final leaf, occasional light foxing, generally a clean, crisp copy with good margins, near contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, upper joint cracked, folio (325 x 211mm.), Basel, Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, 1544.
⁂ A handsome copy of Froben's finely printed Josephus.
Provenance: Ferdinand Hoffman (1540-1607), principal financial advisor to Emperor Rudolf II and his impressive library passed into the collection of Count Hannach (large engraved bookplate to front pastedown); Eric de Bellaigue (bookplate).
Literature: Adams J351; Dibdin II, 130 "Beautiful and rare".
Description
Josephus (Flavius) Opera, editio princeps, collation: *6 a-z, Aa-Hh6 Ii4 Kk-Zz, AA-MM6, single column Greek text, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, repeated on verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and typographic head-pieces, final leaf holed with slight loss of text on recto, short repaired tears also to final leaf, occasional light foxing, generally a clean, crisp copy with good margins, near contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, upper joint cracked, folio (325 x 211mm.), Basel, Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, 1544.
⁂ A handsome copy of Froben's finely printed Josephus.
Provenance: Ferdinand Hoffman (1540-1607), principal financial advisor to Emperor Rudolf II and his impressive library passed into the collection of Count Hannach (large engraved bookplate to front pastedown); Eric de Bellaigue (bookplate).
Literature: Adams J351; Dibdin II, 130 "Beautiful and rare".
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