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1.	ASHWORTH, CALEB:~ THE PRINCIPLE RULES OF HEBREW GRAMMAR; compiled from 
some of the most considerable Hebrew grammars and particularly adapted to 
Bythner's Lyra Prophetica~London, 1785, 20 Pp., 22.5 cm. Interleaved with 
blanks on which very neat almost scribal notes have been made.  This 
edition was privately printed in a very small number. To quote the note on 
the verso of the TP : "This Abstract was made, and a few Copies of it 
printed, only for the use of the of the Compiler, and a few Persons whom he 
has occasion to instruct
".  There is a copy at BL of the 1763 edition 
only,  photocopies in the USA. BOUND WITH Ashworth, Caleb :  Compleat 
paradigms of the Hebrew verbs, with an example of the affixes as they are 
joined to them. :Cambridge :printed by J. Bentham; sold by W. Thurlbourn & 
J. Woodyer, and T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; J. Fletcher, and D. Prince 
at Oxford; and J. Buckland, London,  1763. [20]p. ; 8º, 22.5 cm., ~ESTC, 
T183533 . Unnoted in Roth, Magna Biblio. Anglo-Judaica. Copies at Bodleian, 
WTU, EU, [1 American Loc.] Not at BL, COPAC, H.  Modern buckram, gilt 
title.~The last page of  the text is lacks a corner,  I suspect had roots 
of the verb Lomaid [Lamed, Mem, Daleth], ergo, lacking two words. OW fine 
copies.~$1275.00~

2.	BIBLE, HEBREW~ BIBLIA HEBRAICE : secundum ultimam editionem Jos. Athiae, 
a Johanne Leusden denuo recognitam, recensita variisque notis ltinis 
illustrata ab Everardo van der Hooght.   ~Philadelphiæ : Cura et impensis 
Thomæ Dobson edita ex ædibus lapideis, 1814 (Philadelphiæ : Typis Gulielmi 
Fry).   2 Vols.,  23 cm.   At head of the title, in Hebrew: Torah, Nevi'im, 
v'Ketuvim. ~The First Complete Hebrew Bible Printed in America.  Rosenbach, 
American Jewish Bibliography 171, Shaw & Shoemaker 30857. This issue has an 
unpointed text.~ Tree calf, 5 raised bands, gilt crossing lines and inset 
contrasting labels for volume no. and title. The binding on volume 1 is a 
modern copy of that on volume 2 which is original. The texts are clean, 
tight and Fine, bindings now near Fine. ~$8750.00~

3.	COHEN, S. I. [Solomon Jacob]:~ ELEMENTS OF FAITH FOR THE USE OF JEWISH 
YOUTH, OF BOTH, SEXES.~ London, 5575, 1815. Octavo, 116Pp., 6Pp. 
subscriber's list. ~In English and Hebrew with a TP in both languages. The 
English translation by Joshue van Oven. The first book written for  English 
speaking Jewish children, teaching them the traditions of Judaism, printed 
in England and the first with English translations of the Hebrew texts. 
Every opening consists of one page of Hebrew with overleaf its translation 
in English. A series of important topics for Judaism are thus presented in 
both languages. The first two American printings of books of this sort were 
both pirated editions of this work: Richmond, VA in 1817, and Philadelphia 
in 1822. Although the London printing was imported and used in America, 
there are no copies of our title listed in the BL, or RLIN/OCLC. All 
editions are rare. No copies have appeared at auction since World War II. 
The book was controversial and at its first appearance produced a pamphlet 
war. Some Sephardim could deal with Judesmo and preferred to have their 
children learn from works printed in Amsterdam which using that language, 
or who preferred only Hebrew and Aramaic. Like most text books, Children 
destroyed it while using it. Also, in both England and America, in 1830, 
works which replaced our title were published and in all probability the 
remaining copies were destroyed, probably by placement ina now lost 
Genizeh. A contributing factor to its rarity is the fact that for Orthodox 
Judaism, Hebrew with Yiddish [the Ashkenazi language] was preferred. Late 
eighteenth and nineteenth cventury immigration of Jews into England came 
primarily from Yiddish speaking ashkenazic regions. And a work in "Godless" 
english would have been spurned.  A rare and important work, it is the 
first of a very large number of texts which continue to be brought out 
today usng the two languages for English speaking Jewish children.  With a 
little underlining in pen [now faded], and a little in light pencil. The 
subscribers list includes English speaking Jews in England and elsewhere in 
the empire and members of the intellectual elite in Europe, and one with a 
western hemisphere address, Curacoa [Sic].~Unrecorded in RLIN/OCLC, COPAC, 
not in Theological Seminary Library, not in HUC, HLS, STF, Brandeis, BL; 
Roth, 428, B 2. No copies have appeared at auction since World War II. ~ 
Pub.'s Bds., Rbkd. in calf, VG.~$8825.00

4.	 [CROUCH, NATHANIEL : ROBERT BURTON PSEUD.: ~JUDAEORUM MEMORABILIA, OR, 
MEMORABLE REMARKS UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN STATE OF JUDEA AND THE JEWISH 
NATION: Containing accounts of the Holy Land, Of the Ten Tribes who were 
carried Captive,
 Of the Present Condition of Palestine,Two Journeys to 
Jerusalem, Containing, Of the Travels of Two Englishmen to Jerusalem...Of 
the travels of fourteen Englishmen in 1669, ... Of the great council of the 
Jews in the plains of Hungary in 1650, of the Jews from 1650 to 1666, Of a 
False Messiah in Smyrnah,  ... Also accounts of the Masacres of the Jews in 
York, Lisbon and Persia, The Proceeedings of the Jews under Oliver 
Cromwell. ~ Printed and Published by By W.Matthews No 62 Broad Mead and 
also by the booksellers in Town and Country, Bristol 1796. Frontis.  vi. 
221, 12o. ~Roth, Anglo Judaica, Contemporary Jewish Life and Customs, No. 
35, OCLC: 12863124 [VXJ, HUC] and 1 in the UK [BL], Unloc. at COPAC.  Last 
edition  of a work originally published in the 1685. ~Original marbled. 
boards, rebacked in cloth, printed paper label, Frontis laid down, OW VG.~ 
$675.00~

5.	CURTIS, M. B.: ~THE LEGEND OF SAM'L OF POSEN : from early days in 
fatherland to affluence and success in the land of his adoption, 
"America".  ~New York : Printed and illustrated by the Graphic Co., [1885]. 
37, [3] p. : ill. ; 9 x 20 cm.: Half title reads: "Comps of M. B. Curtis, 
Sam'l of Posen".  Advertisements for C. B. & Q. Railroad, one in verse: [3] 
p. at end and p. [4] of cover.  In verse. The covers are chromos., every 
second page is an illustration, all are sequentials  Meant as a flier for a 
theatrical performance in which the comic character who is both "Deutsch" 
and a Jew, becomes a success even though he is blown apart in an 
accident.  Although not anti-Semitic in tone, the prominent hook nose, 
comic nature of the stereotype, and his position as a peddler who becomes 
rich, has anti-Semitic overtones.  It shows the German Jewish anti-Semitic 
character in the US, developing from the earlier "Dutchman". . OCLC/RLIn, 1 
Loc. [Brown].   WITH a "Cabinet Card" by Collins of M.B. Curtis as Sam'l of 
Posen.  VG, unfaded condition, a little foxed.  Although photographically 
reproduced, it is a portrait drawing of the actor in character.  An early 
American graphic and poetic antisemiticum! ~VG.~$1225.00~

6.	[DEINARD, EPHRAIM]:~ SEFER HA-PLOIDERZAK. : o, , Me'urat ha-tsif`onim: 
gazet.a kelalit be-ad kol ha-olam...: ~Baltonavka [fictitious place] : 
s.n., [1890?] 100 Pp., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm. Notes : A 
satiric account and caricature of contemporary Jewish newspapers in the 
United States by Ephraim Deinard, published in Newark in 1890. It includes 
caricatures and comic illustration as well as text. [Encyclopedia Judaica & 
Bet eked sefarim, mahad. 2] However it attacks and pokes fun not only at 
secular life and the Jewish theatre, but also at Rabbis, religious 
disputation, and Kabbalah [with a diagram]. All in good haskalah 
Hebrew.  It remains on the restricted shelf at the Jewish Theological 
Seminary, and there is no copy at HUC, Yeshiva University, Brandeis or 
Stanford, nor in the big ten schools. OCLC Finds 2 Locs. [CUY, NYP], but 
there is also a copy at HLS.  He published upwards of 20 other titles all 
dealing with important themes in Jewish life and lore, all in Hebrew.  They 
can be found in many library collections. This title is very rare. In the 
nineteenth and early twentieth century, when libraries would go to Jewish 
dealers, it was routinely destoryed, something which its fragile binding 
made easy. The illustration pages printed on heavier stock then the text. 
~This copy, originally purchased from an atheist yiddishist dealer in 
original plain green cloth inner boards strengthened with archival tape. 
Otherwise a Very . Good copy.~$1350.00~

7.	 [Edrehi, Isaac] LOWMAN MOSES:~  AN ARGUMENT TO PROVE THE UNITY AND 
PERFECTIONS OF GOD A PRIORI. ~London : Printed for J. Noon, 1735.  32 p. ; 
21 cm.[Attributed to Moses Lowman]  In plain blue wraps, oversewn.  RLIn, 1 
Loc.  The autograph statement on the inner front wraps is signed by Isaac 
C. Edrehi. An orthodox rabbi of Philadelphia and son of a rabbi, with whom 
he traveled, who began his career in Morocco, moved to Jerusalem and 
finished his career in London.  Edrehi writes: "My personal conception of 
God is the following: He is the Creator of everything beside him. He is 
immanent and Transcendental, personal and superpersonal. He never decrees 
evil, but He is continuosly doing and bestowing good. [SIF]."  The pamphlet 
is scarce.  Edrehi's remarks were made circa 1850. The pamphlet was 
purchased with other books from his descendents. Lowman was an important 
orthodox Anglican who wrote extensively, on Hebrew subjects.  He was the 
finest Anglican Hebrew scholar of his generation. ~ESTC, T33015, OCLC, 10 
copies at 9 Libs. in the USA,[VXJ, GTX, CLU, YUS, CGU, BAT, HLS 2, MNU, 
MUU]. ~ It is not surprizing that Edrehi knew his work and added his 
beliefs in his copy of the pamphlet. ~Original wraps, Very Good.~ $575.00

8.	EDREHI, MOSES:~ HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS; together 
with an account of the Domestic manners of the Turks in Turkey.  ~Boston, 
reprinted for I. Edrehi, 5618 [1858, cop. 1855].  2 Vols. in 1. Port. Of 
the younger Edrehi in Turkish costume and  6 Full page tinted lithographs 
by Bufford.140, 147, 148Pp.  24 cm. BOUND WITH  Edrehi, Moses. : AN 
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TEN TRIBES, SETTLED BEYOND THE RIVER SAMBATYON IN 
THE EAST; with many other curious matters relating to the state of the 
Israelites in various parts of the world, etc., etc., etc. Tr. from the 
original manuscript, and comp. by the Rev. Dr. M. Edrehi.  London, Printed 
for the author; Boston, Reprinted for I. Edrehi, 5618 [1858], 290p. front. 
(port.) 22cm. ~The Moses Edrehi Historical Account of the Ten tribes when 
reprinted in Hebrew is noted in Friedberg as Mem 1744.[Maaseh Nisim]  many 
locations of both, separately in OCLC/RLIn, but none of this combined 
issue. ~Orig. Bds., AEG, Rbkd. in modern cloth, Mro., label, gilt. ~ $375.00~

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