The ancient history of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His Voyage to Jerusalem, as Ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews

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Full title: The ancient history of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His Voyage to Jerusalem, as Ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews: concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible by the Seventy two Interpreters. With many other remarkable Circumstances, no where else to be found. First English'd from the Greek, by the Learned and Reverend Dr. John Done, late Dean of St. Pauls. Now Revised, and very much Corrected from the Original. 12mo. [2] blank leaves, [12], 192 pages, [1] blank leaf . Signatures: A-I 12 . Calf. Tooled spine and boards. Macclesfield North Library bookplate and embossures with manuscript press mark, dated 1860. First blank is loose. Manuscript “2” on in ink and ruled border on title page. Second, revised and corrected edition of the translation of pseudo-Aristeas’s ficticious letter on the Septuagint, wrongly attributed to the poet John Donne or his son. The first edition was published in 1633 (see Bib# 690536/Fr# 71 in this collection). See D. Wing (ed.), Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641–1700. 4 vols. New York, 1982-98 (2 nd ed.), A3682; English Short Title Catalogue online, R12295; E. Havens, “Babelic Confusion. Literary Forgery and the Bibliotheca Fictiva,” in W. Stephens & E. Havens (eds.), Literary forgery in early modern Europe, 1450-1800, Baltimore, 2018, pp. 42-44. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.