1569 HISTORY OF JEWS JOST AMMAN Illustrated antique

JOSEPHUS, TITUS FLAVIUS. C.37-100.
Historien und Bucher von alten Judischen Geschichten.
(HISTORY OF JEWS)
Illustrated by AMMAN, JOST (1539-1591), Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.
Frankfurt: Georg Raben, Sigmund Feyerabend, and Weygand Hanen Heirs, 1569.
3 parts in 1 volume.
Folio: 9 by 13 3/4" (332 x 215 mm).
Title page in red and black with elaborate engraved border, numerous woodcut illustrations in text.
Original blind-tooled pigskin binding, embossed with scenes from the Creation, period page of manuscript notes laid down to inside front cover.
Gothic script
Binding chipped, joint cracking at the top of the spine, clasps lacking, ink notation on upper margin of title, some toning
FIRST EDITION THUS with woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman.
Text in German
Graesse III:482; Becker Amman 14b.

Reserve: $1,645.00

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