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

Other author Morwen, Peter.
Other author Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, ca. 1110-ca. 1180.
Format Electronic
EditionAnd nowe newely corrected and amended by the sayde translatour.
Publication Info[Imprinted at London : By William Seres], 1575 [1579]
Description[4], 257 [i.e. 256], [1] leaves
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Uniform titleJosippon. English. Abridgments.
Variant title Compedious and most marveilous historie of the latter tymes of the Jewes common weale.
Variant title Warres of the Iewes.
Variant title Warres of the Jewes.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteA 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.
General noteImprint from colophon; title page reads "1575".
General noteAnother issue, with cancel colophon leaf, of STC 14795, published in 1558.
General noteLeaves 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 212-13, and 252-57 misnumbered 75, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 08, 81, 82, 112-13, and 352-57; 172 repeated in number only.
General noteLast numbered leaf: 357.
General noteReproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 14799.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1384:24)
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