The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior
Subtitle: containing ...
By: translated from the original in the Greek language, and diligently revised and compared with the writings of co[n]temporary authors, of different nations, on the subject, all tending to prove the authenticity of the work ; to which is added, various useful indexes, particularly of the countries, cities, towns, villages, seas, rivers, mountains, lakes, &c. which are related to the history ; also, a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time, including a period of more than one thousand seven hundred years, containing an account of their dispersion into the various parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, their different persecutions, transactions, various occurrences, and present state throughout the known world, with a great variety of other interesting and authentic particulars collected from various valuable works, recording the principal transactions of the Jews since the time of Josephus, by George Henry Maynard ... ; illustrated with marginal references and notes, historical, biographical, classical, critical, geographical, and explanatory, by the Rev. Edward Kimpton ... ; embellished with sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, members of the Royal Academy, and engraved by American artists.
Contributors: Maynard, George Henry.; Kimpton, Edward, fl. 1765-1813.; Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.; Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832.; Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832.; Philo, of Alexandria.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed and sold by Archibald Woodruff and William Pechin ...
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 723
Subjects: Jews -- Antiquities; Jews -- History
Other titles: Fourth Book of Maccabees. English.
Notes: Evans 28910
The martyrdoms of the Maccabees, erroneously attributed to Josephus, is the apocryphal Fourth Book of Maccabees.
The engravings are copperplates by Anderson, C. Tiebout, and A. Doolittle.
First issued in parts, New York, 1792-1794.
Signatures: [A]² B-C² [superscript chi]B-C² D-2U² 2W² 2X-4U² 4W² 4X-8P² chi1 (gathering 2U missigned 2T; 3E-3F missigned 3D-3E).
Numbers 265-268, 701-702 omitted in pagination.
"List of subscribers' names": p. [2-3] at end.
"List of subscribers' names in the city of Baltimore": p. [4] at end.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. The antiquities of the Jews, in twenty books, with their wars, memorable transactions, remarkable occurrences, their various turns of glory and misery, prosperity and adversity, from the creation of the world; title: II. The wars of the Jews with the Romans, from their commencement to the final destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in the reign of Vespasian, in seven books; title: III. The book of Josephus against Apion in defence of the Jewish antiquities, in two parts; title: IV. The martyrdoms of the Maccabees; title: V. The embassy of Philo from the Jews of Alexandria, to the Emperor Caius Caligula; title: VI. The life of Flavius Josephus, written by himself; title: VII. Testimonies of Josephus concerning our blessed Saviour, St. John the Baptist, &c. clearly vindicated.