William Whiston: The Works of Flavius Josephus (1870)

£18.75

William P. Nimmo. Hardcover. Engraving of Josephus with tissue cover and of Jerusalem. Whiston, the translator, was also Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. Edition date is an estimate – Nimmo was active 1850-1887.

Condition: Used – Acceptable. Worn and grubby blue-black with gilt cloth boards. Split in paper covering of inside front cover. Stitching intact, pages good, occasional light foxing. Marked W(illiam) H(enry) Tangye and G.T. Pope. . ISBN: none. Box MC02

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From the library of the archaeologist Arthur ApSimon (1927-2019). Reminiscences and obituaries in Salon (Society of Antiquaries), Mike Pitts’ Digging Deeper, Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, Cornish Archaeology (paywall).

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A watercolour of Stonehenge by the young Arthur ApSimon.