Iacobus Sobius (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Apud sanctam Ubiorum Coloniam Agrippinam [Köln; Cologne]: . in aedibus Eucharii Ceruicorni, impendio & aere industrii uiri Godefridi Hittorpii ciuis Coloniensis [Eucharius Cervicornus; Gottfried Hittorp] 1524 1524
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A beautiful and rare humanist collection of Josephus Flavius' works, edited by Jakob Sobius (1493-1527/1528), a native of Cologne and one of its most prominent humanists. The volume contains Josephus' most famous historiographical works, i.e., "Antiquities of the Jews" (written in 94 AD) and "The Jewish War" (ca. 95 AD), transla…ted into Latin by Rufinus of Aquileia (344/345-411); these are supplemented with Josephus's "Against Apion", a defence of Judaism as classical religion and philosophy, and "De insignii Machabaeorum martyrio liber unus" (commonly known today as the "Fourth Book of Maccabees"), a homily or philosophic discourse erroneously ascribed to Josephus and edited by Erasmus of Rotterdam. Antiqua typeface; two pages feature an identical Renaissance decorated border with figural motives; two pages are decorated with a large woodcut headpiece; other pages are decorated with large woodcut initials with figural motives. The title leaf is missing; its border features Renaissance woodcuts depicting Hercules' labours; all of them were made after Anton Woensam's drawings; the same likely goes for the decorated borders. Several pages contain very old pen marginalia; endpapers contain ownership and other notes in Czech and Latin from the 17th century. Some folios are incorrectly numbered but no folio is missing. /// Parchment binding with raised bands, blind embossing, leather strings, metal clasps and coloured edges; hardback, [29]+347 folios, 2° (21 x 32 cm), parchment worn and only partially preserved, with two recent paper labels, one metal clasp missing, one string worn, edges yellowed and faded, top edge darkened, endpapers worn and yellowed, with tears along inner edge, back endpaper waterstained and backed/fixed with piece of paper, slightly starting hinge, ca. 70 leaves waterstained, other signs of wear and age are quite rare (ink stains, tiny bookworm traces, tiny chips and tears, small smudges and fingerprints), title leaf missing, condition: good Book Language/s: Latin.
