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Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight -The Works Of Flavius Josephus, Sixth Edition (London, Printed for R. W

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Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight -The Works Of Flavius Josephus, Sixth Edition (London, Printed for R. W
<B>Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight -The Works Of Flavius Josephus, Sixth Edition (London, Printed for R. Ware, J and P. Knapton et al,1755)</B></I> Published by London: R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. and T. Longman C. Hitch and L. Hawes, H. Lintot, J. Hodges, J,. Hinton, J. and J. Rivington, and J. Ward, 1755. 695 pages, plus indexes, full contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, about fine. Sixth edition. The works of Flavius Josephus. Translated into English by Roger L'Estrange Knight Viz. I. The antiquities of the Jews, in twenty books. II. Their wars with the Romans, in seven books. III. The life of Josephus written by himself. IV. His book against Apion, in defence of the antiquities of the Jews, in two parts. V. The martyrdom of the Maccabees. As also; VI. Philo's Embassy from the Jews of Alexandria to Caius Caligula. All carefully revis'd, and compar'd with the original Greek. To which are added, two discourses and several remarks and observations upon Josephus. Together with maps, sculptures and accurate indexes. Roger L'estrange was a noted royalist. He wrote many royalist pamphlets, notably against Titus Oates and his great Popish plot. For this loyal service to the King, under James II he was made cheif censor of the press, and a very diligent one. However, under the new management he only narrowly avoided imprisonment and towards his latter days earned a living by translating several texts into English. His two lagrest and most accomplished works are the <B>Fables of Aesop</B></I> and this volume, generally considered as a very superior translation, if rather scarce. This copy is tight clean and bright with good margins. Plates vary considerably from one volume to the next. This has the engraved pictorial frontis by M. Vander Gucht, the Mediterranean double page map, the fabulous 'dress your own high priest' plate, the artifacts plate and the double page map of old Jerusalem. All the plates are fresh and clean. The spine is in excellent condition and clean and bright and the boards are contemporary blind stamped calf and very attractive with a good color. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.