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(JUDAICA.) Wise, Isaac. Gebet-Buch für den Oeffentlichen Gottesdienst und die Privat-Andacht. 139, [2] leaves. 8vo, contemporary morocco gilt, moderate wear; minimal foxing; later inscription on rear free endpaper. Cincinnati, 1864
Second edition of Wise's Reform prayer book, and the first with German and Hebrew text on facing pages. It is often known by its Hebrew title, Minhag America. "Wise . . . believed that the acceptance by all American Jews of a single liturgical rite would represent a great step toward unity"--Goldman 44 (1857 first edition). 2 copies in OCLC; Singermann 1846.
