Published by J. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-noster-Row, London, 1790
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. William Blake (illustrator). With a repaired chip at the spine top, otherwise a VG or better London edition in tree leather, 6 gold ruled rib spines with gold title label. Lacks the folding Jerusalem map, but has the 2 color outlined maps and all the plates including the 3 by William Blake. Nice white rag paper with no foxing. And the copper plates are superb, looks like they were printed yesterday. 724 pages plus the list of subscribers. Photos on request.
Published by Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing Office, No. 19, Queen-Street, Near the Fly Market, New-York, 1794
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New-York: Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing Office, No. 19, Queen-Street, Near the Fly Market, 1792-1794. First American Edition. Folio. 723pp.; directions to the binder; [2]pp. list of subscribers; 57 plates; 3 maps, including fold-out of Jerusalem, collated complete. Bound in full modern speckled calf; six raised bands; original red morocco label laid to spine; new endpapers. Tight in binding; marginal staining and spotting; Very Good in a handsome binding. The Maynard Josephus is not only a fascinating illustrated tour of the ancient world, but, per Sabin, it is "worthy of notice for the specimens of early engraving in the United States." Tiebout and Anderson, the latter responsible for the fold-out map of Jerusalem in this volume, were barely 20 years old at the time. An impressive and striking production. Sabin 3666; Evans 27174.