HOLGATE, JEROME BONAPARTE. - Noachidae: Or, Noah, and His Descendants.

Buffalo, Breed, Butler & Co. 1860. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original textured brown blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Tan end papers. 354 pp. + [6] pp. ads. Light chipping to spine ends; a very good copy. From the Stuart Teitler collection of Lost Race Fiction. Very Good ¶ Prehistoric fantasy. A fictional history of early nations commencing with Noah leaving the ark and ending with the dispersion at Babel, using the Bible as the "standard authority in all matters," as well as "Josephus, the Greek and Roman writers, the traditions of nations, their religious ceremonies, mythology, etc." - author's preface.