Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Josephus, Flavius

Title:

Iosephi historiog[ra]phi viri clarissimi prologus in libros antiquitatum vigi[n]ti incipit feliciter.

Alternate Title(s):

Antiquitates Judaicae. Latin

Published / Created:

[Augsburg, Germany] : Per Iohannem Schüssler ciuem Austensem ..., Anno a natiuitate currente dominica Millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimo kale[n]das vero iulias quarto [28 June 1470]

Physical Description:

[404] p. ; 39 cm (fol.)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0037
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Title from incipit, leaf [1]2.

Imprint from colophon.

Translated by Rufinius of Aquileia.

Signatures: [1-3]¹² [4-16]¹⁰ [17]⁸ [18-19]¹⁰ [20]⁸ ([1]1 blank).

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-481

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 9451*

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9451*

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M15160

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume 2, page 327-328 (lC. 5612)

Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, ij00481000

Printed in two columns. Capital spaces.

Issued with: Iosephi de bello iudaico prologus in libros septem incipit feliciter. Augsburg : Johann Schüssler, 23 August 1470.

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0037: Imperfect: comprises leaf 210 only. With small initials and paragraph marks added in red. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.

DIV DS116 .J74165 1470: Imperfect: 4 leaves, pages 24, 25, 28 and 48. From the collection of Elinor Eisemann,

Subject Terms:

Jews -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D. | Eisemann, Elinor, -- Ownership. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.

Form/Genre:

Incunabula. | Fragments (object portions)

Contributors:

Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345–410, translator. | Schüssler, Johann, active 1470–1473, printer.