(JUDAICA) Jehiel Judah Lewinson [Ha Emet Ha Ivriyah] Isra

Sale 2646 - Lot 175

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(JUDAICA.) Jehiel Judah Lewinson. [Ha-Emet Ha-'Ivriyah] . . . Israel's Truth. 16 pages. 12mo, later cloth; minimal wear to contents; edges tinted red. Chicago: N.B. Ettelsohn, 1877

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First edition of perhaps the first Hebrew book printed in Chicago. "Published . . . to demonstrate that statements by various individuals found in the Midrash and Talmud could be understood only within the context of what the individuals had said elsewhere"--Goldman 689 (notes another 1877 Chicago imprint). Singerman 2639. None others traced at auction.

Bound with another work in Hebrew, with title page in Hebrew and Russian. Joseph Rosenthal. "Derekh Emunah" [The Way of Faith]. 60, [2] pages. Warsaw: Halter & Eisenstadt, 1893.