Praemonitus Praemunitus

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This article is about the title of the second of the first two American editions of the notorious Protocols of Zion. For other uses, see Praemonitus praemunitus.

Praemonitus praemunitus is the title of the second of the first two American editions of the notorious Protocols of Zion issued in 1920. The full title, including the subtitle is:

Præmonitus præmunitus. The protocols of the wise men of Zion, tr. from the Russian to the English language for the information of all true Americans & to confound enemies of democracy & the republic, also to demonstrate the possible fulfillment of Biblical prophecy as to world domination by the Chosen people.

This imprint is now exceedingly rare. From a bibliophile's viewpoint it is a beautiful book.

[edit] The Rare Text

This imprint, of which a copy is owned by The New York Public Library is given an "URL" and/OR "RECORD" number of b6949509[1], and is described as follows:

Call # **P 01-195

Title: Protocols of the wise men of Zion. English.

Praemonitus praemunitus : The protocols of the wise men of Zion / translated from the Russian to the English language for the information of all true Americans & to confound enemies of democracy & the republic, also to demonstrate the possible fulfillment of Biblical prophecy as to world domination by the Chosen people.

Imprint: New York : The Beckwith company, 1920.

URL for this record [b6949509][2]

LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS

Humanities- Jewish Division **P 01-195 AVAILABLE

Division: Humanities- Jewish Division

Descript: 165 p. : front., 4 facsim. ; 21 cm.

Note: Each facsimile is accompanied by guard sheet containing translation.

The Protocols were published for the first time in 1905 at Tsarskoje Selo in a book by S. Nilus.

Subject: Anti-Jewish propaganda.

Add'l name: Nilus, Sergiei, 1862-1930.