Lot 6057: Book, Flavii Josephi, 1626

Book, Flavii Josephi, Hooghberoemde Joodsche Historien Ende Boecken, Noch Egesippus Vande Ellendighe Verstoringe Der Stadt Jerusalem, second printing, originally published in 1611, this version printed in Amsterdam, Holland, 1626, notable for the fine series of 103 woodcut illustrations by Christoffel Van Sichem II (1581-1658) Josephus, Flavius (37-100AD/CE), was a first century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry, who recorded first century Jewish history, such as the first Jewish-Roman War which resulted in the destruction on Jerusalem in 70AD, he has been credited with recording some of the earliest history of Jesus Christ, outside of the Gospels, 11.75''h x 8.25''w x 2.25''d