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THE FIRST JUDAICA BOOK PUBLISHED BY A JEW IN AMERICA (JUDAICA.) Priestley, Joseph. Letters to the Jews; Inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidences of Christianity. 12mo, contemporary calf, minor wear, rejointed; minor foxing. New York: Printed by J. Harrisson for Benjamin Gomez, 1794
first american edition. The second (and longer) part, David Levi's "Letters to Dr. Priestley, in Answer to Those He Addressed to the Jews," has its own title page but continuous pagination. Benjamin Gomez was the first Jewish publisher in America, issuing a handful of books such as "Christian Economy" and "Visions of John Bunyan" from 1792 onward. This volume was his first offering with any relation to Judaism. America's second Jewish publisher, Naphtali Judah, began the following year. Evans 27555; Rosenbach 95, 93.
