Jakob Basnage – Algemene Historie der Joodsche Naatsie – 1726

Jakob Basnage – Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemeene Historie der Joodsche Naatsie – 1726/1727COMPLETE COPY – 2 PARTS – 90 COPPER ENGRAVINGS – 5 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS – 4 TABLES, INCLUDING A FOLDING TABLEJakob Basnage,Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemeene Historie der Joodsche Naatsie, van de dood van Herodes den Groten af, tot den ondergang der Joden...Amsterdam, Gerard Onder de Linden, and Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1726–1727.Two parts, folio.An impressive and richly illustrated Dutch edition of Basnage's continuation of the history of the Jewish people after Flavius Josephus.The copy has been carefully checked and is complete. Both parts and their title pages are present, and the second part concludes correctly on page 1940 with “EINDE.”The seemingly irregular pagination, including several large jumps in page numbering, is characteristic of this edition and does not represent missing text.The illustration programme is also complete, comprising:90 copper engravings within the text5 full-page engraved plates/portraits4 typographical tables, including one foldingEngraved portraitsEngraved dedication to Egidius van den BempdenThe remarkable Kabbalistic/Sephiroth plate and tablesThe latter are particularly fascinating: the work contains elaborate representations and tables concerning the Ten Sephiroth, the names of God, angelic orders, planets and Kabbalistic correspondences, making this much more than a conventional historical work.Numerous... lees verder bij Catawiki