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 |
| Edition | And 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 |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240941771 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Josippon. 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. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| 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. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon; title page reads "1575". |
| General note | Another issue, with cancel colophon leaf, of STC 14795, published in 1558. |
| General note | Leaves 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 note | Last numbered leaf: 357. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 14799. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1384:24) |
| Stock number | CL0036000038 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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