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Bidding Information
Lot #    11604
Auction End Date    9/20/2005 10:25:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Star in the West
Author    [First Ed.] Elias Boudinot
City    Trenton, New Jersey
Publisher    D. Fenton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham
Publication Date    1816
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. iv, 312 pp., 211:128 mm., nice margins, usual age staining. A very good copy bound in later boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Boudinot attempts to prove that the North American Indians were descended from the Jews. While his attemp leaves much to be desired the book contains much important information on Indian language and customs.

Title: Star in the West; or, a Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to Their Return to Their Beloved City, Jerusalem.
          
Reference
Description		    Singerman 0252; Howes B643; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 54; Rosenbach 180; Felcone, New Jersey Books, 433.
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica