(AMERICAN INDIANS) Smith Ethan View of the Hebrews

Sale 2263 - Lot 23

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Smith, Ethan. View of the Hebrews. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; intermittent foxing, minor dampstaining on final leaves; early owner's initials on front pastedown. Poultney, VT, 1823

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first edition. An argument that the American Indians were descended from the lost tribes of Israel. Some have argued that the book influenced Joseph Smith during the production of the first edition of the Book of Mormon in 1830. Pilling 3655; Rosenbach 252; Sabin 82538. No other copies of the first edition found at auction since 1918; none of any edition known since 1983.