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Auction 41 · Lot 281
McLeod, N. Korea and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
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author
(TEN LOST TRIBES)
Description
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.” 23 pp. text + 23 plates (final pl. "Solomon's Temple Copied from Engraving by Israel Bak, Jerusalem"). Yokohama and Tokyo: C. Levy and Sei Shi Bunsha, 1879. * Bound with: McLeod, N. Album and Guide Book of Japan from Satsuporo in the North to Kagoshima in the South. Yokohama: Seishi Bunsha, 1879
summary
A MOST CURIOUS AND SCARCE BOOK.
The author makes the fantastic claim that the Korean people stem from the Lost Tribes of Israel. The text is followed by a wonderful series of engravings of Korean, Japanese and “Israelitish” scenes meant to substantiate the author's claim. See JE, Vol. XII, pp. 249-52
Browned. Original green covers with gilt lettering, edges touch worn, gutter split. Oblong 4to
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