Isaac Mayer Wise. Group of eleven works:

AUCTION 84 | Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

"K2" Online Sale of Judaica: Printed Books, Posters and Ceremonial Objects Including large sections devoted to: American-Judaica, Cook-Books, Holy Land and Minhagim Books

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Lot 11

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Isaac Mayer Wise. Group of eleven works:

* History of the Israelitish Nation, Vol. I. Albany, 1854. * The Essence of Judaism: For Teachers and Pupils, and for Self-Instruction. Cincinnati, 1868. * A Lecture, Delivered January 7, 1869. Cincinnati, 1869. * Five Lectures. (Printed separately, bound together). Cincinnati, 1883. * Moses, The Man and Statesman. Cincinnati, 1883. * Three Lectures on the Origin of Christianity. Cincinnati, 1883. * Judaism and Christianity. Cincinnati, 1883. * A Defense of Judaism versus Proselytizing Christianity. Cincinnati, 1889. * Pronaos to Holy Writ. Cincinnati, 1891. * Judaism: Its Doctrines and Duties. Cincinnati, n.d. <<* AND:>> Joseph Krauskopf. Isaac M. Wise: A Memorial Tribute. Philadelphia, 1900. * Leo M. Franklin. Isaac M. Wise, a Tribute. Detroit, 1900. * Invitation to donate to the Isaac M. Wise Memorial Fund. 1901. <<Multiple first editions.>> 13 volumes in total. Ex-library, library bound. Various sizes.

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Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Isaac Mayer Wise was born in Steingrub, Bohemia, in 1819 and immigrated to America in 1846. At first a rabbi in Albany, in 1854 he moved to Cincinnati. There he established the institutional structure of American Reform Judaism: the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Hebrew Union College. He is considered to be one of the most significant leaders of the Reform movement.