Finn, James. The Orphan Colony of Jews in China

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHINA)

printer

James Nisbet

Place

London

Publication

1872

Description

FIRST EDITION. English text with occasional use of Hebrew. Title-page with with Chinese characters

summary

An attractive copy of a rare text. James Finn (1806-72), an English philo-Semite, served as British Consul in Jerusalem from 1845-1862. He was a pioneer in bringing knowledge of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng to the Western World.

pp. iv, 124. Title touch foxed, new endpapers. Original boards, front cover with Taiji symbol representing the principle of yin and yang, spine sunned. Sm. 8vo

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