The wonderful, and most deplorable history, of the later times of the Jews [microform] : with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. : Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. / By Josephus ben Gorion. ; Whereunto is added, a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtraict [sic] of the Roman rams, and engines of battery, &c. As also of Jerusalem; with the fearful and the presaging apparitions that were seen in the air before her ruins. Moreover, there is a parallel of the late times, & crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.
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| Other title: | Josippon. English. Wars of the Jews. |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
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Boston, in New-England :
Re-printed by John Allen, for Nicholas Boone, at the Sign of the Bible in Cornhill,
1718 [i.e., 1722]
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 39767, Box 152. Early American imprints. no. 2226. |
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| Item Description: | Peter Morwen's translation, edited by James Howell, of Abraham ben David's abstract of book 3 of Sefer ha-kabalah, a disputed work known as Yosippon or Josippon, and erroneously attributed to Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen, and to Flavius Josephus. The translation was first published in London, 1558, under the title: A compendious and most marveylous history of the latter times of the Jewes commune weale. Cf. LC, DNB (Norwen), and Jewish encyc. Running title: The wars of the Jews. Epistle dedicatory signed: James Howel. Frontispiece portrait of "Josephus Ben-Goron, the learned & warlike Jew." Though the title page is dated 1718, a bookseller's advertisement (page [340]) is dated 1722. Edwin Wolf 2nd conjectures that the sheets (save the last page) were printed in 1718 but, owing to competition from a 1719 Boston edition of Flavius Josephus's The wars of the Jews, not published until 1722. See his: "The first book of Jewish authorship printed in America." American Jewish historical quarterly 60 (1971): 229-234. Signatures: pi1 A⁴ B⁸ C⁴ D-Z⁸ 2A² (pi1 recto blank; H4 missigned A4) READEX NOTE: An imperfect copy of the present edition was mistakenly filmed as Evans 2226. |
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| Physical Description: | 18 unnumbered pages, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : 1 portrait ; 16 cm (8vo) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Citation/References Note: | Bristol Shipton & Mooney Shipton & Mooney Rosenbach, A.S.W. Amer. Jewish bib., |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |