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Salvador, Joseph; Ludwig Eichler : Geschichte Der Römerherrschaft in Judäa Und Der Zerstörung Jerusalems

Bremen; F. Schlodtmann, 1847

Clothbound. 8vo. XI, 444, VII, 483 pages. 22 cm. First edition. 2 Volumes in one. In German, with Latin. Later half-leather and cloth binding. With four maps of ancient Judea. Title translates as: “History of Roman rule in Judea and the destruction of Jerusalem. ” This tome on the history of Judea under Roman rule is a translation done by Ludwig Eichler from the French edition published in 1846: "Histoire de la Domination Romaine en Judée et de la Ruine de Jérusalem". The author, Joseph Salvador, was a “French historian; born at Montpellier Jan. 5, 1796; died March 17, 1873, at Versailles; buried, at his own request, in the Protestant cemetery of Le Vigan, near Montpellier, in his brother's family vault, the rabbi of Nîmes officiating. Salvador's paternal ancestors, who, according to family traditions, were descendants of the Maccabees, the saviors of Israel—the name "Salvador" meaning "savior"—emigrated from Africa to Spain in the ninth century, and fled from the latter country, to escape the Inquisition, in the fifteenth century, finding a refuge in France. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. ) He studied medicine, but devoted his life to writing histories; “in his work on the fall of Jerusalem Salvador deals with his subject from the point of view of universal history, and regards the destruction of the Temple as a necessary stage in the spread among the peoples of what he would call the Christian form of Judaism. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Subjects: Jews -- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Backstrip absent from later cloth binding; a portion of book repair tape covers a portion of the cover. Worn edges of cover. Title page soiled and foxed. Internal pages very clean and in excellent condition, though lightly foxed throughout. Very good condition. (GER-36-23)

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