(JUDAICA) Isaac Leeser editor The Occident and American Jewi

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(JUDAICA.) Isaac Leeser, editor. The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, Volume V. 12 monthly issues with collective title and index in one volume. vii, 616 pages. Large 12mo, modern buckram; minor dampstaining to preliminaries only, minor edge wear to a few leaves; early congregation library inked stamps on several leaves. Bound without the wrappers or the Occident Advertiser supplements. Philadelphia, 5607-5608 / April 1847 to March 1848

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"The first general Jewish periodical published in America"--Goldman 1192.

Includes numerous reports on local congregations across the country, news from Europe, verse, sermons, and theological discussions. Representative articles include "Meeting of the Jewish Population of New York in Aid of Ireland" (pages 35-44), a series of "Sketches of Jewish Life in Russia," and "Religious Equality, being a Notice of Certain Movements for Particular Rights, Lately Developed in Various Quarters in the United States" (pages 499-504). Some pieces and passages are in Hebrew; per Goldman, this was the first volume of the Occident to include any extended pieces in Hebrew. Rosenbach 541; Singerman S315.

Rarely seen at auction; a complete set of 26 volumes brought $341,000 at Sotheby's in 2014.