Bidspirit auction | HEGESIPPUS. Historia de Bello Iudaico,

HEGESIPPUS. Historia de Bello Iudaico, Scaeptri sublatione, Iudeorum dispersione, et Hierosolymitano Excidio. Paris, Jodocus Badius, 1524. Latin translation from the Greek. Title within elaborate woodcut border including Badius’ printing press device; woodcut decorative initials throughout. ff. LXXXVI. Slightly dampwrinkled, lightly browned, small wormhole on outer margin of title. Modern boards. Sm. folio. Free Latin adaptation of Josephus’ narrative of the Jewish rebellion: ”Jewish War, ” with additions from the ”Jewish Antiquities” and the works of other Roman historians. Hegesippus the Nazarene was a Jewish convert who chronicled the early Church in Jerusalem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegesippus_(chronicler).