(JUDAICA) Johlson Joseph Instruction in the Mosaic Religion

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(JUDAICA.) Johlson, Joseph. Instruction in the Mosaic Religion. 8vo, original cloth with paper lettering piece, backstrip worn, chipped at top, front joint partly cracked, slight discoloration on covers; scattered foxing. Philadelphia, 5590 [1830]

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first edition in english. A textbook on the religious instruction of Jewish children, translated from the German by Isaac Leeser shortly after he was named to the pulpit of Philadelphia's congregation Mikveh Israel. Unable to find a publisher in Philadelphia interested in the project, Leeser arranged for his translation to be printed himself. Rosenbach, American Jewish Bibliography 321; Shaw-Shoemaker 2059.