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Philonis Iudaei Alexandrini, (cuius doctrinae & orationis sublimitatem grauissimi autores etiam ipsi diuino Platoni aequaru[n]t) omnes quae apud Graecos & Latinos extant, libri : Antiquitatum ; Quaestionum & solutionum in Genesin ; De Essaeis ; De nominibus Hebraicis ; De mundo.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events--Early works to 1800.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Names in the Bible--Early works to 1800.
- Names in the Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- History of Biblical events.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Early works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Convento di Santa Anastasia (Verona, Italy) (former owner) (inscription) (LIBRA Katz Rare copy)
- Physical Description:
- [16], 253, [3] pages ; 20 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Philonis Ivdaei Alexandrini, (cvivs doctrinae & orationis sublimitatem grauissimi autores etiam ipsi diuino Platoni aequaru[n]t) omnes quae apud Graecos & Latinos extant, libri
- Philonis Judaei Alexandrini, (cuius doctrinae & orationis sublimitatem gravissimi autores etiam ipsi divino Platoni aequarunt) omnes quae apud Graecos & Latinos extant, libri
- Fingerprint:
- a-um œ-55 i,n- giEt (3) 1538 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Basileae : Per Henricum Petrum, mense Martio, anno MDXXXVIII [March 1538]
- Notes:
- Imprint date from colophon on leaf 2I3v which reads: Basileae per Henricum Petrum, mense Martio, anno M. D. XXXVIII.
- Signatures: a-b⁴ A-2I⁴ (leaves b3-b4 are blanks).
- Woodcut printer's device on leaf 2I4v (stone being smashed by hammer held in god-like hand with fire being blown on by a face from the heavens); woodcut initials.
- Printed marginalia.
- Selected works attributed to Philo, of Alexandria; the first and last two of the five titles considered spurious works; "De nominbus Hebraicis" translated by St. Jerome and "De mundo" translated by Guillaume Budé.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Katz Rare copy: printer's name struck through in early manuscript on title leaf and in colophon.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.
- LIBRA Katz Rare copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 at auction from Kestenbaum and Company (sale 104, lot 99).
- LIBRA Katz Rare copy has early manuscript ownership inscription ("Con[...]: St[a]e. Anastasi[a]e ords: Pr[a]edicato[rum]") of the Dominican Convento di Santa Anastasia (Verona, Italy) on title leaf.
- Cited in:
- VD 16 P 2491
- Contains:
- Pseudo-Philo. Liber antiquitatum biblicarum.
- Philo, of Alexandria. Quaestiones in Genesim. Latin.
- Philo, of Alexandria. De vita contemplativa. Latin.
- De nominibus Hebraicis
- De mundo
- OCLC:
- 12658002
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