(Bibliography). Catalogue of the Leeser Library. Compiled by Cyrus Adler

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Lot 38

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

(Bibliography). Catalogue of the Leeser Library. Compiled by Cyrus Adler

pp. (4),65. Lightly browned. Later maroon cloth. Lg. 8vo Deinard 762; Singerman 3168

Philadelphia: Edward Hirsch & Co 1883

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

The Leeser Library, bequeathed to the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser, contained Judaica , Hebraica and general works. Cyrus Adler (1863-1940) was a student of Sabato Morais and the first person to receive a Ph.D. in Semitics from an American University (Johns Hopkins). He was president of the Jewish Theological Seminary from 1915 until his death. He prepared this catalogue of Leeser’s library at the age of 20 and proudly added his title “B.A.” to his name on the title. See C. Adler, I Have Considered the Days (1941) p. 21