The Ancient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His voyage to Jerusalem, as ambassador from Ptolomaeus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews : concerning the first translation of the Holy Bible by the seventy two interpreters...First Englished from The Greek by the learned and Reverend Dr. John Done late dean of St. Pauls.
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- London: W, Hensman and Thom. Fox booksellers in Westminster Hall, 1685
London: W, Hensman and Thom. Fox booksellers in Westminster Hall, 1685. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 16mo. 192 pp. Contemporary calf rebacked. Provenance: Robert S Pirie (bookplate). For quite some time this work was thought to be by John Donne. The first edition appeared in 1633. Lengthy manuscript note at the front, quotes from Isaac Walton's The Life of Dr. Donne with original notes by an antiquary.
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The Ancient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His voyage to Jerusalem, as ambassador from Ptolomaeus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews : concerning the first translation of the Holy Bible by the seventy two interpreters...First Englished from The Greek by the learned and Reverend Dr. John Done late dean of St. Pauls.
Author
Aristeus [Donne, John]
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
W, Hensman and Thom. Fox booksellers in Westminster Hall: London
Date
1685
Edition
Second Edition