The Whole Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus

London: Blackie & son (2,000 gram rate) 4 vols blue cloth blind embossed, gilt titled spines original cream end papers bearing bookplate of D A Kidd (univeristy professor at Christchurch New Zealand) a small ink name to fep. undated circa 1840? descriptive title reads;....the learned and authentic jewish historian and celebrated warrior; translated from the original Greek according to Havercamp's accurate edition. containing i- twenty books of the jewish antiquities, with the life of josephus written by himself. ii- seven books of the jewish war iii- two books against Apion iv- an extract out of Josephus' exhortation to the Greeks concerning Hades and the resurrection of the dead. together with large notes, proper observations and an index to which are added three dissertations concerning i- the testimony of Josephus vindicated ii-God's command to Abraham to offer up Isaac his son for a sacrifice iii-Tactus' accounts of the origin of the jewish nation, and of the particulars of the last jewish war, with a complete table of the jewish coins, weights and measures, by William Whiston A.M. professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. vol 1 = frontis w/ guard 469pp + 3 folding maps vol 2= 427pp + 3 plates vol 3= 440pp+3 PLATES VOL 4= 460pp + 2 plates + folding map and with a portrait bust of Josephus pasted onto the fep facing the title page. CONDITION overall VG especially internally. vol 3 has a small nick in the cloth half way up the spine, vol 4 has a larger tear in the cloth half way up the spine one inch long showing the binding construction underneath. corners may be slightly bumped.cloth starting to bubble to vol 4 ,some minimal foxing to the plates and maps only, very nice set in original publishers cloth. . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.