Denis, Albert-Marie
Introduction aux Pseudepigraphes Grecs d'Ancien Testament. [SERIES]: Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha.
245x165 mm. XXII+343 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover edges slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Isaeus / Scheibe, Carolus [Karl Friedrich] [Ed.]
Isaei Orationes cum aliquot deperditarum fragmentis. [SERIES]: Oratores Attici - Vol. 5.
170x110 mm. XLIX+167 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing and slightly wrinkled. Spine slightly worn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Schapiro, Meyer [Preface] / Avi Yonah, Michael [Intr.]
Israel: Mosaicos Antiguos. [SERIES]: Coleccion Unesco de Arte Mundial.
Contains color plates. 48.5x34.5cm. 24+XXXII plates. Hardcover with dust jacket laid in slipcase. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly bumped. Cover slightly curved. Two stickers on front inner cover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Crucius, Jacobus [de Crusque, Jacob; de la Croix, Jacques]
Jacobi Cruci Suada Delphica Sive Orationes XLV Varii Argumenti. Studiosae Iuventuti manuductio ad Artem Oratioriam.
RARE 17th-century edition of various lectures by Jacobus Crucius (Jakob de Croque; Jacob de la Croix; ca.1540-1634/5), a professor at the Latin School in Delft. Most of the lectures are on pedagogic issues, as well as some literary criticism of the Classics. The book features a decoration on its title page, and further decoration at the beginning and end of some lectures. 130x75mm. 422 pages. Original white smooth-leather Hardcover. Cover slightly worn and stained. Cover edges and corners, and spine edges bumped. Spine wrinkled. Pen inscription on spine. Small pen inscriptions on title page and whitepage. Several pages slightly stained. Wormholes on pages 310-370 - slight damage to text. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This well-preserved 17th-century book of lectures in Latin is otherwise in good condition.
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Pin, Benjamin
Jérusalem contre Rome [SIGNED BY AUTHOR] Un duel Pour l'Hégémonie en Méditerranée Orientale
Signed by Author. 24x16 cm.187 pages. Softcover. Cover edges slightly worn. Rear cover somewhat loose. Spine slightly water-stained. Cover yellowing. Signed by the author on first page. Pages slightly yellowing and slightly stained on edges. Inner spine cracked. Uncut pages. Else in good condition
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Pin, Benjamin
Jérusalem contre Rome: Un duel pour l'hégémonie en Méditerranée Oriental.
165X250 mm. 187 pages. Softcover. Cover partly detached. Cover yellowing and stained. Cover edges and corners tattered. Spine taped. Title page missing. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else the in good condition.
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Rokeah, David [Ed.]
Jewish Rebellions in the Time of Trajan 115-117 C. E. [SIGNED BY EDITOR] [IN HEBREW] [SERIES]: Issues in Jewish History / 8
SIGNED BY EDITOR. IN HEBREW. 23.5x16.5 cm. 215 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Spine slightly curved. Spine edges rubbed and wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Alon, Gedalyahu / Abrahams, Israel [Trans.]
Jews, Judaism and the Classical World: Studies in Jewish History in the Times of the Second Temple and Talmud
235x150mm. 499 pages.Hardcover with dust jacket and gilt spine. Jacket slightly worn. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Alon, Gedalyahu / Abrahams, Israel [Tr.]
Jews, Judaism and the Classical World: Studies in Jewish History in the Times of the Second Temple and Talmud
235x155 mm. 499 pages. Hardcover with gilt spine. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages yellowing. In good condition.
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Rokeah, David
Jews, Pagans and Christians in Conflict [SERIES]: Studia Post-Biblica
blue gilt hardcover. cover slightly worn. black illustrated Dust Jacket slightly worn. else in good condition.
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Zeitlin, Solomon
Josephus on Jesus. With particular reference to the Slavonic Josephus and the Hebrew Josippon, by Solomon Zeitlin.
RARE monograph on the relation of Slavonic Josephus to Hegesippus and Josippon, and the Christian passages in the Slavonic Josephus, with chapters on the messianic expactation in Israel in the time of the Second Commonwealth and a sketch of the life and writings of Josephus Flavius. Solomon Zeitlin (Shlomo Cejtlin; Tseitlin; Tseytlin) (1886 or 1892-1976) was an eminent Jewish historian noted for his three-volume 'The Rise and Fall of the Judean State', still considered the standard history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth, and essential reading for anyone wishing to study the origins and birth of Christianity. Contains 6 b&w facsimiles of manuscripts of the Slavonic Josippon and Josephus, and Hebrew Josippon from Leningrad State Library, Moscow Musee Historique and Vatican. 235x160mm. VI+118 pages. Blue cloth Hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed, yellowing and somewhat stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Small sticker on front inner cover bottom corner. Upper corner of rear whitepage and several last pages sightly wrinkled. Inner cover and pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare groundbreaking study, of importance to historians of both Christianity and Judaism, is in good condition.
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Humphrey, John H. [Ed.]
Journal of Roman Archeology - Volume 23 2010: Articles, Archeological Reports and Notes.
25.5x18 cm. 428 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and Spine edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Isaac, Benjamin [Isaak, Binyamin] & Shahar, Yuval [Eds.]
Judaea-Palaestina, Babylon and Rome: Jews in Antiquity [Judäa-Palästina; Judea-Palastine]. [SERIES]: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism / Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum (TSAJ) - 147.
RARE collection of papers on Jewish history in the Roman history, most of them delivered at a conference at Tel-Aviv University in 2009 in honor of Aharon Oppenheimer. The authors are Akbert I.Baumgarten, Shaye J.D.Cohen, Joshua Schwartz, Günter Stemberger, Vered Noam, Richard Kalmin, Peter Schäfer, Tessa Rajak, Martin Goodman, Yuval Shahar, Susan Weingarten, Jonathan J.Price, Youval Rotman, Werner Eck, David Goldblatt, Yoram Tsafrir, Isaiah Gafni. Contains list of Aharon Oppemheimer's publications, general index and indices of ancient and modern authors. 235x160mm. X+324 pages. Blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket slightly dirty. Jacket edges slightly wrinkled. Else in very good condition.
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Grabbe, Lester L.
Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian [TWO VOLUME SET]. [VOL.I]: The Persian and Greek Periods / [VOL.II]: The Roman Period
TWO VOLUME SET. 240x165 mm. 722+LX+XX pages: [311+LX]+[XX+411]. Hardcover with dust jacket. Both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Klein, Samuel [Schmuel; Shmuel]
Judisch-palastinisches Corpus Inscriptionum (Ossuar-, Grab- und Synagogeninschriften) [Juedisch-palaestinisches] [FACSIMILE EDITION].
FACSIMILE EDITION. 21.5x15cm. VI+106 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Yavetz, Zwi [Zvi]
Julius Caesar: and his Public Image [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. [SERIES]: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 220x145 mm. 286 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket slightly yellowing. Inner cover and few pages slightly age-stained. Else in good condition.
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Rokeah, David
Justin Martyr and the Jews [SIGNED BY AUTHOR] [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: Kuntresim - Texts and Studies - 84.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. IN HEBREW. 24x17 cm. X+138 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Justin [Marcus Junianus Justinus; Junianius] (Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus)
Justini ex Trogi Pompei, Historiis Externis Libri XLIV [Historiae Philippicae]. Hic accessit ex Sexto Aurelio Victore - De Vita & Moribus Imperatorum Romanorum - Epitome.
RARE 1740 edition of the history of ancient world (from the foundation of Nineveh to 1st-century AD) by the Latin historian Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus), an abridgement of the voluminous "Historiae Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs" (Philippic Histories) written in the time of Augustus by Pompeius Trogus, whose work is lost. 170x110mm. 318 pages. Contemporary leather Hardcover. Decorated blue paper pasted on spine and part of cover. Cover and spine curved, wavy and worn. Cover corners bumped. Rear cover corners and spine edges partly peeling. Pasted decorated paper edges tattered. Spine and spine hinges rubbed. Spine edges peeling. Several small wormholes on front cover and spine hinges. Front inner cover upper corner peeled. Several small wormholes on front and rear inner covers. Binding visible on rear inner cover. Two small holes and several stains on title page edges - NO damage to text. Single small worm-mark on four last pages (315-318) upper edge and rear inner cover - NO damage to text. Last page (318) stained with slight damage to text, nevertheless readable. Pages yellowing, slightly age-stained and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of ancient world history, used extensively in the Middle Ages and still of value to any serious student of ancient history, is in good condition for its age.
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Ebers, George / Martinez, J. [Tr.]
Kambises y su Epoca.
200x145mm. 438 pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly worn. Spine missing. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Petruso, Karl M. / Irini, Ayia
Keos Vol VIII Ayia Irini: The Balance Weights Reults of Excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Contains B&W plates. 230X310mm. 89 pages. Gilt hardcover. Ex library copy with regular sign and stamping on inner part of front cover. Pencil inscription and markings on some pages - no damage to text. Else in good condition.
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Frisk, Hjalmar
Kleine Schriften: Zur Indogermanistik und zur Griechischen Wortkunde. [SERIES]: Studia Graeca et Latina Gothoburgensia - XXI
235X160 mm. 463 pages. Softcover. Cover edges slightly wrinkled. Spine yellowing and wrinkled. Spine edge slightly torn. Stamp on title page. Page edges rough-cut. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Kramer, Joachim
Korinthische Pilasterkapitelle in Kleinasien und Konstantinopel [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. Antike und spatantike Werkstattgruppen. [SERIES]: Istanbuler Mitteilungen - Beiheft 39.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION to an eminent Israeli Yoram Tsafrir (1938-2015). 260x195mm. X+160 pages & 15 pages with b&w with 88 figures. Softcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket rubbed. Jacket upper edge wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. Some pages bottom corner very slightly bumped/wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Kunstwerke der Antike
205X290 mm. 70 pages. Soft cover. Cover is slightly worn at edges. Else in good condition.
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Godbillion, Isabelle; Ludwig, Gerburg; Guz, Robert ; Kreuzer, Bettina; Wiese, André; dennerz, Martin [Text]
Kunstwerke der Antike. Auktion 5. Privatsammlungen aus der Schweiz, Deutschland, Holland und weiterer Besitz. Alter Orient, Ägyptische, Griechische, Etruskische, Römische, Spätantike, Byzantinische und Fatimidische Kunstwerke.
Includes numerous color photos. 205X290 mm. 200 pp. Softcover. Spine edge bumped. Cover corners bumped. Pages corner slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Kurze Beschreibung der Antiken Skulpturen im Alten Museum. Mit 80 Tafeln. Dritte Auflage.
Contains 80 b&w plates. 18x12.5cm. 138 pages. Softcover. In good reading condition.
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Aymard, Andre & Auboyer, Jeannine
L'Orient et la Grece Antique. Histoire Generale des Civilisations, Tome I
24x19 cm., xii+701 pp., softcover in a box, cover slightly worn on edges, faded and stained spine, slightly worn on edges, faded and stained box, worn on edges, rough cut pages, pencil markings, slightly yellowing pages, some uncut. else in fair+/fair condition.
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La cité des images: Religion et société en Grèce antique
26x22.5cm. 167 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover and spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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de Sion, Marie Aline
La forteresse Antonia a Jerusalem et la question du pretoire. These principale pour le Doctorat es-lettres presentee a la Faculte des Lettres de l'Universite de Paris.
Contains b&w plates. 25.5x18cm. XIII+304+76 pages. Softcover. Cover coming loose. Pages yellowing. Few pages uncut. Else in good condition.
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Hajnoczi, Gabor [Ed.]
La Pannonia e l'Impero Romano. atti del convegno internazionale, Roma, 13-16 gennaio 1994.
240x165 mm. 379 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and edges slightly rubbed and slightly worn. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.
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Stark, Rudolf ; Allan, Donald J. ; Aubenque, Pierre ; Moraux, Paul ; Weil, Raymond ; Aalders, G. J. D. ; Gigon, Olof
La Politique d'Aristote. [SERIES]: Entretiens Sur L'antiquite Classique - Tome 11 [XI].
225x145mm. 297 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly curved and stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine yellowing and slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Floriani Squarciapino, Maria
La Sinagoga di Ostia - The Synagogue of Ostia
210x150 mm. 26 pages. Softcover. Cover yellowing. Cover edges slightly stained. Cover corners and page corners slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Few page edges slightly stained. Else in good condition.
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von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang / Köttelwesch, Clemens [Ed. & Intr.]
Labores Juveniles [FACSIMILE EDITION]
FACSIMILE EDITION of Goethe's juvenile exercise-books in Latin preserved in the Frankfurt Stadtbibliothek. Published on the occasion of 50th anniversary of Goethe University Frankfurt. Aus Anlaß des 50jährigen Bestehens der Johan-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität im Auftrag des Magistrat der Stadt Frankfurt herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Clemens Köttelwesch. 245x200mm. Unpaginated facsimile Softcover & 12 pages introduction booklet laid in beige cloth clamshell box. Box age-stained and slightly stained. Box edges/corners slightly bumped. Booklet pages upper left corner creased. Else in good condition.
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Will, Edouard ; Mosse, Claude ; Goukowsky, Paul
Le Monde Grec et L'orient [TWO VOLUME SET]. [SERIES]: Peuples et Civilisations. [VOL. I]: Le Ve Siecle (510-403) \ [VOL. II]: Le IV Siecle et L'epoque Hellenistique.
TWO VOLUME SET. Contains color maps. 220X145 mm. [715]+[678] pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket edges worn. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Postel, Guillaume / Secret, François [Ed. & Intr.]
Le thrésor des propheties de l'univers. Manuscrit publié avec une introduction et des notes par François Secret. [SERIES]: Archives internationales d'histoire des idees (International Archives of the History of Ideas) - 27.
23.5x15cm. 270 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Asheri, David
Leggi Greche sul Problema dei Debiti [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. [SERIES]: Estratto da Studi Classici e Orientali / Università degli studi di Pisa - 18.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 26.5x19.5cm. 122 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Spine slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Dussaud, Rene
Les Civilisations Prehelleniques dans le Bassin de la Mer Egee.
Contains maps. 270x190 mm. 478 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker on inner front cover. Few page edges slightly wrinkles. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good edition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Cuq, Edouard / Labbe, J.E. [preface]
Les Institutions Juridiques des Romains: envisagees dans leurs rapports avec l'etat social et avec les progres de la jurisprudence l'ancien droit
153X233 mm. 768 pages. Hardcover. Gilt spine. Spine and cover slightly worn at edges and along spine. Water marks on several pages, with some damage to the text. Yellowing pages. Else, book is in good condition.
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Barbet, Alix; Vilbert-Guigue, Claude
Les Peintures des Necropoles Romaines d'Abila et du Nord de la Jordanie. [SERIES]: Bibliotheque Archeologique et Historique.
28x22.5cm. XIV+375 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed and stained. Cover slightly tattered. Cover corners slightly bumped. Cover and spine edges slightly bumped. Spine slightly wrinkled. Spine slightly curved. Some whitepages slightly stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Faucounau, Jean
Les Peuples de la Mer et leur Histoire [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 21.5x13.5cm. 196 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Cumont, Franz
Les Religions Orientales dans le Paganisme Romain
240x180 mm. xvi+339 pages. Softcover, cover worn and stained, spine worn and yellowing, rough cut pages, some uncut. else in good condition.
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus [Plutarque / Plutarch] / Dominique, Ricard [TR].
Les Vies des Hommes Illustres, par Plutarque [2 VOLUME SET] Traduites en Francais par Ricard.
2 VOLUME SET. 275x190mm, [624]+[604] pages. Marbled half-leather hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Page edges gilt. Cover slightly worn and slightly bumped. Cover corners slightly bumped. Binding slightly uneven. Pages yellowing with few age-stains. Few pages uncut. Otherwise both volumes in good condition.
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Mireval, Gabriel
Les Wisigoths Renaturés [Tervinges] [SIGNED BY AUTHOR].
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 15x215cm. 92 pages. Softcover with dust-jacket. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Pouliot O.P., Vincentius-Maria [Ed.]
Liber de Causis et Sancti Thomae de Aquino Super Librum de Causis Expositio. [SERIES]: Textus Philosophici: In Linguam Japonicam Translati Cura Instituti Sancti Thomae de Aquino de Kyoto, in Japan - 2.
255X165 mm. 19+115+LXXIII+145 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained and yellowing. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Spine yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Dijkstra, Klaas
Life and Loyalty: Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence. [SERIES]: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume 128.
RARE monograph on the social context of votive inscriptions from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas, written in Aramaic and other languages, dating from about the first three centuries AD, which show the nature of the relationships and the socio-religious function dedications such as 'for the life of' perform. 245x155mm. XII+375 pages. Green cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket edges and corners bumped and wrinkled. Cover upper corners and spine bottom edge bumped. Front cover bottom corner and spine upper edge slightly bumped. Pages outer edge dust-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on the Graeco-Roman religious world is otherwise in very good condition.
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Ahl, Frederick / [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]
Lucan: An Introduction [SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION]. [SERIES]: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology - Volume 39.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION. RARE comprehensive study of Lucan's epic and only surviving work 'Pharsalia' by Frederick M. Ahl (b.1941), a professor of classics and comparative literature at Cornell University, known for his work in Greek and Roman epic and drama, and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, as well as for translations of tragedy and Latin epic. 235x155mm. 379 pages (+3). Maroon cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket stained. Jacket edges and corners worn and tattered/taped. Cover upper corners rubbed. Two light bump-marks on cover edges. Cover bottom corners and spine edges bumped. Author's signed dedication on front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This rare monograph on one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, signed and dedicated by the distinguished author, is in good condition.
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Fenati, Maria Federica
Lucio Flavio Silva Nonio Basso e la Citta di Urbisaglia. [SERIES]: Universita degli Studi di Macerata, Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di Storia Antica - 1.
Contains color and b&w 16 plates. 245x175 mm. 197 pages. Softcover with dust-jacket. In good condition.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus [maior; il vecchio]
M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Opera ad optimas editiones collata studiis societatis Bipontinae. Editio accurata.
20.5x13cm. [2]+VIII+500 pages [+12]. Rebound hardcover. Cover and spine corners slightly worn. Sticker on spine. Pen inscription on first whitepage. Pencil inscription on few pages - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing and age-stained. Else in good condition.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero / Riccius, Stephanus [Reich, Stephan] [Tr.]
M. T. C. Epistolarum Familiarum. Libri quatuorpriores [quatuor priores] [Marcus Tullius Cicero] [BILINGUAL LATIN & GERMAN EDITION]. Germanice redditi in usum scholasticae iuuentutis per M. Stephanum Riccium.
RARE BILINGUAL LATIN & GERMAN EDITION of Cicero's letters, with translation by the noted 16th-century philologist Stephan Reich. Cicero's letters to and from various public and private figures are considered some of the most reliable sources of information for the people and events surrounding the fall of the Roman Republic. Among the recipients of the letters were such illustrious figures as Caesar, Pompey, Octavian, and Cicero's son Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor. 150x95mm. 409 double pages. Rebound vellum Hardcover. Cover and spine stained and wrinkled. Front cover detached. Spine partly detached from binding. Front cover corners and spine hinges worn. Original title-page pasted on front whitepage. First Title-and dedication pages coming loose from binding. Small hole on first dedication page bottom corner near binding - NO damage to text. Small hole on last page upper corner with damage to only one letter of the text. Pages yellowing, age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare 16th-century bilingual Latin-German edition of Cicero's letters is otherwise in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
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Sperber, Daniel
Magic and Folklore in Rabbinic Literature. [SERIES]: Bar-Ilan Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
RARE monograph on points of contact between Rabbinic Judaism and Hellenistic-Roman culture by Daniel Sperber, an eminent British-born Israeli academic and Modern Orthodox rabbi, professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University specializing in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education, and Talmudic studies. The twenty-five chapters of the book are divided into five parts: Folklore, Magic, Historic Allusions, Dating of Midrashic Texts and Passages, Palestinian Rabbinic Texts and Commentaries. Contains three indices: sources, word index and general index. 245x175mm. 256 pages. Bump- and scratch-marks on jacket front side. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Front cover, cover upper corners and fore edge bumped. Spine edges wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of importance to students and scholars of Rabbinic and Hellenistic literatures and folklore, as well as their cross-cultural influences, is in good condition.
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Cotton, H.M.; Geiger, J.
Masada II: The Latin and Greek Documents
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