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The Men of Massada (previous to destroying themselves) Murdering their Wives and Children, to prevent their falling into the hands of the Romans.
Complete
1792-1793
Bentley-Blake Collection
Neagle, James, 1760?-1822, engraver
1 leaf : illustration ; 39 x 23 cm
Rare Books
Plate opposite page 463: Josephus, Flavius. The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus. London : Printed for C. Cooke ..., [1792-1793].
The plates are engraved by Grignion (17), Tookey (6), Heath (4), Blake (3), Jas. Neagle (3), Scot (2), Collier (2), Noble (2), Sharp (2), Morris, Smith, Warren, Sparrow, Parker, Warner, Page and Grainger. Illustrators for the plates include C.M. Metz (19), T. West (10), Stothard (5), Luykin (3), Ramberg (3), C. Cooke (2), Corbould, Salvator Rosa, Trepisian, Weston, C. Graves, and Moreau. The remaining ten plates were unsigned.
Includes 3 engravings by William Blake: "The parting of Lot and Abraham, after seperating their flocks, &c." (Metz delin.) (opposite page 13); "The Battle of Ain, & the destruction of the city, by the army of Joshua" (Stothard delin.) (opposite page 64); "The fugitive Shechemites burnt and suffocated in the holds of their retreat by order of King Abimelech" (Metz delin.) (opposite page 76).
Imprint date from Bentley.
See Catalogue Link below for full Victoria University Library catalogue record.
Blake no.744
Public Domain
Jews -- Antiquities
Jews -- History
0744
Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840, illustrator
Art print