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Bidding Information
Lot #    23650
Auction End Date    6/9/2009 11:28:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Jew, at Home and Abroad
Author    American Sunday School Union
City    Philadelphia
Publisher    American Sunday School Union
Publication Date    (1845)
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   First edition. 180 of 188 pp, 148:90 mm., illustrated, light age and damp staining, lacking final 8 pp., nice margins, not bound. Frontispiece illustration of 'Jewish Synagogue' with protective tissue.
          
Detailed
Description
   A Jewish history book with illustrations apparently produced for the Sunday schools in Philadelphia. It begins with a retrospective of the Jews in England and other locations, continues with a history from the Scriptures forward, describes the customs and laws of the Jews, and concludes with a Christian perspective.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica