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The Wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews [electronic resource] : Wit...

The Wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews [electronic resource] : Wit...

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The Wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews [electronic resource] : With the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion. Wherein is added, a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtraict, or 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 and crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.

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The Wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews [electronic resource] : With the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion. Wherein is added, a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtraict, or 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 and crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.

Publisher

London : Printed for G. Rhodes, at the Star, the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, 1706.

Uniform title

Josippon. English. Abridgments.

Date

1706.

Record Identifier

74VKZydpNXxb

MMS ID

991018802719702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[18],341,[9]p.,plates : ill. ; 8°.

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Publisher

London : Printed for G. Rhodes, at the Star, the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, 1706.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1706.

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The Wonderful and most deplorable history of the later times of the Jews [electronic resource] : With the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion. Wherein is added, a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtraict, or the Roman rams, and engines of battery, &c. As also o...

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General note

Epistle dedicatory signed: James Howell.

'James Howell's edition of Peter Morwen's translation of Abraham ben David's abstract of Joseph Ben Gorion's Yosippon. The translation was first published in London in 1558 under the title "A compendious and most marvelous history of the latter times of the Jewes commune weale"' (NUC).

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford)....

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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKZydpNXxb

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MMS ID

991018802719702626