sig. A3. “To the Parliament, the Supream Court of England, and to the right Honourable the Councell of State, Menasseh Ben Israell, prayes God to give health, and all Happinesse.” But the original edition in Spanish is dedicated “A los Muy Nobles, Prudentes, y Magnificos Señores, Deputados y Parnassim deste K.K. de Talmud Tora.” ... Amsterdā. a 13 de Sebat. An. 5410.
In this first English version the name of the translator does not appear on the title page, nor does “The Translator to the Reader” bear any signature; but “Moses Wall” does appear on the title pages of two issues of a second edition which appeared in 1651 and 1652. (4to. 5 ll. + 62 pp.) [B. M.]
It was published again under the following title:—
“Accounts Of The Ten Tribes of Israel Being In America; Originally Published By R. Manasseh Ben Israel.
With Observations Thereon, And Extracts From Sacred And Profane, Ancient And Modern History, Confirming The Same; And Their Return From Thence About The Time Of The Return Of The Jews.”
By Robert Ingram, A.M. Vicar of Wormingford and Boxted, Essex.
Colchester: Printed And Sold By W. Keymer; Sold Also By G. G. J. And J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, London, 1792. [Price One Shilling.]
(8º. 56 pp.) [I. S.]
There are several Hebrew versions, the first translation appearing in 1698.
מקוה ישראל חברו ... החכם השלם׃ ... מנשה בן ישראל זצ״ל בלשון גוי הולנדי״אה׃ ¹ועתה נעתק ללשון הקודש ע״י ... ר״ אליקים בהר״ר יעקב ש״ץ זצ״ל חזן בק״ק אמשטרדם׃ ... נדפס באמשטרדם ... בשנת [תנח] לפ״ק ... בדפוס קאשמן עמריך.