Gomez, Isaac. Selections of a Father for the Use of his Children. In Prose and Verse

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 15

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Gomez, Isaac. Selections of a Father for the Use of his Children. In Prose and Verse

FIRST EDITION pp. viii, 408. Lightly foxed and worn, small portion of opening blank punctured, 6-line ink inscription above preface. Contemporary calf, extremeties worn. 8vo Singerman 322; Rosenbach 209

New York: Southwick and Pelsue 1820

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

The Earliest Children’s Book by an American Jew. Isaac (1768-1831) prominent in Jewish communal affairs, was the great-grandson of Lewis Moses Gomez, founder of this successful early American Jewish Family. See J.R. Rosenbloom, A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews (1960) p.45