Flavii Josephi Antiquitatum Judaicarum libri XX

Flavius Josephus; Nicolaus Episcopius (Printer), Hieronymus Froben (Printer); Sigmund Gelen (Gelenius); Erasmus

Froben, 1554

[Opera of Josephus: Containing Sigmund Gelen and Erasmus's translations] Folio.  Bound in modern vellum, with leather ties.  Woodcut printer's device on title.  [8], 886, blank, [24 (of 32)] pages. Lacking last 8 pages of the appendix. Some contemporary marginalia, but generally sound.  "De imperio rationis" is from Erasmus's 1517 translation. Hoffmann II:593. Not in Adams. Contents: 1. Antiquities of the Jews, with Flavius's autobiography, translated by the Czech philologist Sigmund Gelen (1497-1554); 2. the Jewish war; 3. Against Apion, both in the late antique translation by Ruffinus of Aquilea (340-410), revised by Gelen; 4. a treatise on the martyrdom of the Maccabees, edited by Erasmus.