4 vols.
[Allen, Richard, Bishop.] Josephus, Flavius. The Works of Flavius Josephus ... to Which Are Added Three Dissertations ... Tr. by William Whiston. NY: J. Simpson, 1809.
8vo, contemp tree sheep, red morocco spine labels; scuffed, joints & extremities often rubbed. Fold map, plan. Offsetting from map, light to occasionally moderate foxing throughout, some dampstaining to vol 4. Presumably Richard Allen's set, sgd by him at the head of title pages of vols 1-3, ffep recto of vol 1, the verso of the portrait in vol 1, the recto of the front fly in vol 3. All together 6 ownership signatures. American Imprints 17854.
Richard Allen, b. Phila, 1760-1831, minister, educator, writer, influential African-American leader, foudned the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent African-American denomination in the United States.