The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior ...
By: translated from the original in the Greek language, and diligently revised ... ; to which is added various useful indexes ... ; also a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time ... by George Henry Maynard ... ; illustrated with marginal references and notes ... by the Rev. Edward Kimpton ... ; embellished with upwards of sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould ... and engraved by American artists.
Contributors: Maynard, George Henry.; Kimpton, Edward, fl. 1765-1813.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed and sold by William Durell ...
Published: 1792
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 723
Subjects: Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D; Jews -- History -- Rebellion, 66-73
Notes: Evans 24437
"The translator's address to the reader" signed by George Henry Maynard.
"First issued in parts ... The first number, containing the title-page, dated 1792 ... was issued in June, 1792, and publication was not finally concluded until 1794"--Evans.
Signatures: A-3N⁶ 3O-3Q².
Engravings by Cornelius Tiebout, Amos Doolittle, Alexander Anderson, William Rollinson, Joel Allen, Benjamin Tanner, Elkanah Tisdale, and others.
Index, directions to the binder, and list of subscribers at end.
Table of contents: title: from t.p.: I. The antiquities of the Jews, in twenty books, with their wars, memorable transactions, remarkable ocurrences, 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 Macabees; 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.