Item 2 - Philonis Judaei Opera

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IE CA HT/9/6/2

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Philonis Judaei Opera

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  • 1742 (Accumulation)

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[4], 692, [10] pp; 2°; tail-pieces; errata and indexes; 41 cm x 26 cm

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Author: Philo, of Alexandriac (c.20 BCE-c. 50 CE); Thomas Mangey (ed.)
Publisher: [London]: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer. Prostant venales apud Gulielmum Innys, in area occidentali Divi Pauli; & Carolum Bathurst, ex adversum Sancti Dunstani in Fleet-Street.
Full title: 'Philōnos tou Ioudaiou ta euriskomena apanta = Philonis Judæi Opera quæ reperiri potuerunt omnia. Textum cum MSS. contulit, quam plurima etiam è Codd. Vaticano, Mediceo, & Bodleiano, scriptoribus item vetustis, necnon Catenis Graecis ineditis, interpretationemque emendavit, universa notis & observationibus illustravit Thomas Mangey, ... Vol. II'.
Language: Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns.
Series: Originally published as a two-volume series. Only vol. 2 is extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives.
Physical description: [4], 692, [10] pp; 2°; tail-pieces; errata and indexes; Greek title is Romanized.

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  • Latin
  • Greek

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The back and spine covers are missing and the text block is exposed. The front cover is cracked and desiccated. Past mould, tidemark and water damage are evident throughout the volume. Many of the pages are disintegrating. The item is wrapped in protective covering. Very careful manual handling is required.

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