Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 531
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JUDAICA.) Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna and Isaac Leeser. The Jewish Miscellany, No. VI: Days of Old . . . Rachel Levi, a Tale; also, The Jews and their Religion. 116 pages. 12mo, publisher's gilt cloth, light staining and minimal wear; foxing, minimal wear to contents; early owner's pencil signature on rear free endpaper. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 5607 [1847]
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This series was edited by Isaac Leeser in 14 issues from 1845 to 1851. The first work in this issue had first appeared anonymously in a Jewish magazine in London; the author was a Christian novelist with strong Jewish sympathies. The second story, "Rachel Levi," had first appeared in the "Cheap Jewish Library" in England. The volume concludes with a work by editor Leeser, which had originally appeared as a chapter in "A History of Various Religions in the United States." No other examples of this Issue VI traced at auction. Singerman 1006.