(JUDAICA) [Sewall Stephen] An Hebrew Grammar

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(JUDAICA.) [Sewall, Stephen.] An Hebrew Grammar. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, needs binding; minor dampstaining on fore-edge of later pages; early owner's inscription on half-title, later pencil inscriptions on front free endpaper. Boston: R. and S. Draper for Harvard College, 1763

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first edition. This was the second Hebrew grammar printed in America, after the 1735 attempt by Judah Monis (see previous lot). Stephen Sewall (1734-1804) replaced Monis as Harvard's lecturer in Hebrew. 'The Hebrew types used in its printing were destroyed by fire in January 1764'---Rosenbach 43. Evans 9514; Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 172; Sabin 79458. Provenance: Cotton Tufts (1734-1815) of Weymouth, MA, a leading agitator against the Stamp Act (1773 inscription); 1878 gift from Simeon Gutterson of Weymouth to P.A. Nordell; Phillip G. Nordell (1930 inscription).