FLAVIUS JOSEPH. History of the Jews - Histoire de la Guerre des Juifs contre les Romains. Paris, Pierre Le Petit, 1667-1668. 2 volumes in-folio, first edition of Arnauld d'Andilly's translation, the first volume illustrated by Chauveau with a title vignette, an hors-texte plate, 6 in-text engravings and 22 bandeaux, 22 lettrines and 17 culs-de-lampe. The second volume is illustrated with a title vignette, engraved bands and 2 folding maps bound at the end of the volume. Bound in full contemporary speckled basane, spine richly decorated with 6 bands. Handwritten bookplate of Giroust, parish priest of Valcorbon. (some traces of wetness, small tears, wetness and restorations to the maps without missing, endpapers missing, old inscriptions scratched on the flyleaves, binding worn with missing leather, headpieces missing, corners dull, cracks to the spines). Expert : Mr Nicolas Asvisio - nicolas.asvisio@gmail.com - 06 47 79 88 52