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Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia : Printed by C. Sherman, for the editor, 5605, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [First Jewish Translation of the Pentateuch into English: The Standard American Jewish Bible during the 19th Century] 5 volume set; 20 cm. Bound in contemporary tooled calf. Good bindings and covers. Minor shelf wear, rubbing, but sound. Marbled end sheets. Added title page in Hebrew. Text is printed in Hebrew and English on facing pages. Clean, unmarked pages. (p. 22 in Leviticus is creased). Early inscription from 1881 to "Mosley from Brother Abraham, 1881, Cincinnati." v.2 lacks the blank end pages. Contents: v.1. The book of Genesis.; v. 2. The book of Exodus.; v. 3. The book of Leviticus.; v. 4. The book of Numbers.; v.5. Deuteronomy. <br> Leeser's was the first English translation of the Torah by a Jewish translator. Prior to its publications, English Jews used the King James translation. Isaac Lesser (1806-1868) was a Jewish-American newspaper editor (The… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1845. First American Edition. Near Fine. The first edition of the first English translation of any part the Hebrew Bible in America. Also referred to as the Pentatuech, or the Five Books of Moses, presented here in five volumes, each containing one of the Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Text in English and Hebrew. Bound in a simple yet elegant mid-19th century pebbled maroon cloth ruled in blind with titles lettered in gilt on the spines. Near Fine, light rubbing to bindings, pages toned. Slight lean to binding of Volume III. An important milestone of Judaism in the America. Leeser's Pentateuch remained the standard English version for American Jews until 1917, when the Jewish Publication Society translation appeared.

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 5605, 1845-46.

1845. First Edition . LEESER, Isaac. The Law of God. Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, for the editor, 5605 (1845). Five volumes. Octavo, contemporary full brown calf rebacked with original spine and spine labels laid back down; housed together in a custom clamshell box. $22,000.First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history, in handsome full contemporary calf bindings. Named hazan (cantor) of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia in 1829, Leeser's ""contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism."" The publication of his Pentateuch was the first time that any portion of the Bible was published in America under Jewish auspices. ""The translation of the Bible was Leeser's great… Read More

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 5605, 1845-46.

Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 5605. 8vo, 5 volumes. (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches). Hebrew and English text on facing pages. Each volume inscribed at the head of the English-language title "To my beloved wife from her affectionate husband," the first volume with a later family annotation. Contemporary purple morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, repeating gilt decoration in others, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Solomon Nunes Carvalho (each cover stamped in gilt) Rare large-paper association copy of the first Jewish translation of the Pentateuch into English. More than any other person of his time, Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) envisioned the development of a major center of Jewish culture and religious activity in the United States. He single-handedly provided American Jews with many of the basic religious texts, institutions, and conceptual tools they needed to construct the cultural foundation of what would later emerge as the… Read More