Israel vindicated : being a refutation of the calumnies propagated respecting the Jewish nation : in which the object and views of the American Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Jews, are investigated / by an Israelite.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Houston, George, -1840, author.

Contributor:

• Collins, Abraham, publisher.
• Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews.
• Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
• Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
• Jews--Cultural assimilation.
• United States.

Genre:

• Printed wrappers (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

• Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)
• Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)
• Houston, George, -1840 (inscription) (Kaplan Collection copy)
• Constable, D. (inscription) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 110 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Published by Abraham Collins, 268 Greenwich-Street, 1820.

Notes:

• In a series of letters signed "Nathan Joseph." Generally attributed to George Houston.
• Copyright Nov. 29, 1820, by Abraham Collins.
• "Price 62 1-2 cts."--Wrapper.
• Last page blank.
• Errata on page [111].
• Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

• Kaplan Collection copy has manuscript bibliographical note in pencil on front free endpaper.
• Kaplan Collection copy: Collectify accession no. 2020.10.27.00002.
• Kaplan Collection copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (sold by Nate Saunders, lot 307, 13 October 2020).
• Kaplan Collection copy has dated 19th-century manuscript provenance inscription ("From the Author to D Constable Decr. 1820. 45.") on front pastedown; dated 19th-century manuscript provenance inscription ("New York. Decr. 1820. 45. US F from the author Geo Houston to D Constable.") on front free endpaper.
• Kaplan Collection copy has partially illegible dated 19th-century autograph ("Susan [...]ece March 1835") on title leaf.
• Kaplan Collection copy bound in full mottled leather; gold-ruled spine panels.

Cited in:

• Shoemaker 1681
• Rosenbach, A.S.W. Amer. Jewish bib., 210
• Singerman, R. Judaica Americana, 0323

OCLC:

876879151