THE JEWS AND THE MOSAIC LAW

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, ( A. Waldie printer), 5594. First edition. 23 cm. Two parts in one. viii, [2], 207, [1]; [3], 212-278pp. Part the First: A Defence of the Revelation of the Pentateuch, and of the Jews for their Adherence to the Same. Part the Second: Containing Four Essays on the Relative Importance of Judaism and Christianity. Contemporary cloth backed boards, with recent paper spine, printed paper label and endpapers. Very heavy foxing front and rear leaves, darkening to text block and foxing to margins throughout. Text leaves very sound. Rosenbach 375. Singerman 0578. American Imprints 19723 & 25296. Leeser was a pioneer in the formal organization of Jewish life in America and a tireless transmitter of Jewish values to both Jews and non-Jews in mid-19th century America. This is his second book, actually prepared in 1829.