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A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale [electronic...

A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale [electronic...

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A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale [electronic resource] : begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym selfe, and was aucthour and dooer of a great parte of the same. Translated into Englysh by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde.

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A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale [electronic resource] : begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym selfe, and was aucthour and dooer of a great parte of the same. Translated into Englysh by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde.

Publisher

[Imprinted at London : By William Seres], 1575 [1579]

Uniform title

Josippon. English. Abridgments.

Alternative title

Compedious and most marveilous historie of the latter tymes of the Jewes common weale.
Warres of the Iewes.
Warres of the Jewes.

Date

1575 [1579]

Record Identifier

74VMxAMroyLy

MMS ID

991002781509702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4], 257 [i.e. 256], [1] leaves.

Publication information

Publisher

[Imprinted at London : By William Seres], 1575 [1579]

Edition

And nowe newely corrected and amended by the sayde translatour.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1575 [1579]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale [electronic resource] : begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym...

Notes

General note

A translation of Abraham ben David ibn Daud's abstract, in book 3 of his "Sefer ha-Kabalah", of the anonymous "Josippon" or "Yosippon". The latter has been misattributed to a Joseph ben Gorion, usually identified with Joseph ben Gorion ha-Kohen but occasionally with Flavius Josephus.

Imprint from colophon; title page reads "1575".

Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library....

Citation / References Note

STC (2nd ed.) 14799.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1384:24)

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Record Identifier

74VMxAMroyLy

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MMS ID

991002781509702626