(ASIA).

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

printer

C. Levy and Sei Shi Bunsha Co.

Place

Yokohama and Tokyo

Publication

1879

Description

N. McLeod. Korea and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. With Korean, Japanese and Israelitish Illustrations. “Dedicated to...China, Japan and Korea. The Shin Dai or Celestial Race of which are Supposed to Represent the Royal House of Israel or Ephraim and the Ten Lost Tribes.”

references

OCLC lists 3 copies

summary

A MOST UNUSUAL AND CURIOUS BOOK. The book makes the fantastic claim that the Korean people descend from the Lost Tribes of Israel, exiled by the King of Assyria in 722 B.C.E. To buttress the author’s claim, there follows a series of engravings of Korean, Japanese and “Israelitish” scenes. See JE, Vol. XII, pp. 249-52

pp. (6), 23, (1 blank); ff. (23); p. (1). Slightly foxed. Former owner’s signature in pen on inside of front cover. Original covers with gilt lettering, slightly worn. Oblong 4to

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