Catalogue

translated from the original in the Greek language, and diligently revised and compared with the writings of cotemporary authors, of different nations, on the subject, all tending to prove the authenticity of the work; to which is added various useful indexes, particularly of the countries, cities, towns, villages, seas, rivers, mountains, lakes, &c. which are related in the history, also a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time, including a period of more than one thousand seven hundred years, containing an account of their dispersion into the various parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; their different persecutions, transactions, various occurences, and present state throughout the know world, with a great variety of other interesting and authentic particulars, collected from various valuable works, recording the principal transactions of the Jews since the time of Josephus by George Henry Maynard, LL. D. ; illustrated with marginal references, and notes, historical, biographical, classical, critical, geographical, and explanatory by the Rev. Edward Kimpton, Vicar of Rogate, in Sussex, and Morning Preacher at St. Matthew's, Bethnal-Green ... ; embellished with upwards of sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, Members of the Royal Academy, and other eminent artists ; and engraved by Grignion, Collier, Heath, Tookey, Taylor, &c.

composed by the late Reverend Mr. Ostervald, Professor of Divinity, and of the ministers of the Church of Neufchatel in Switzerland ; selected from all the most approved authors, and corrected by several clergymen.

the whole translated from the original in the Greek language, and diligently revised and compared with the writings of cotemporary authors of different nations on the subject; all tending to prove the authenticity of the work ; to which will be now first added, a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time, including a period of more than 1700 years, containing an account of their dispersion into the various parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, their different persecutions, transactions, various occurences, and present state throughout the known world, also various copious indexes, particularly of the countries, cities, towns, villages, seas, rivers, mountains, lakes, &c. : together with marginal references to the various important occurences recorded in the work : also notes historical, biographical, classical, critical, geographical and explanatory; and every other striking matter recorded in the works of the celebrated Josephus : likewise tables of the Jewish coins, weights, measures, &c. used in the time of the author, with a great variety of other interesting and authentic particulars never given in any work of the like kind either in the English or any other language by George Henry Maynard, LL. D. ; embellished with a great number of beautiful copper plates, descriptive of the most distinguished transactions related in the work, from original drawings of the ingenious Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, members of the Royal Academy, and other eminent artists ; the whole engraved by the most capital performers, particularly Grignion, Collier, Heath, Tookey, Taylor, &c.