Johlson, J[oseph]. Instruction in the Mosaic Religion. Translated from the German by Isaac Leeser.
AUCTION 35 |
Tuesday, November 21st,
2006 at 1:00
Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 20
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Johlson, J[oseph]. Instruction in the Mosaic Religion. Translated from the German by Isaac Leeser.
Philadelphia: Jones & Thacher 1867
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
By translating Joseph Johlson’s Unterricht in der Mosaischen Religion (Frankfurt a/Main, 1819), Leeser sought to make available to the American public a modern Jewish schoolbook. This was Leeser’s first published book and was first published in 1830. See L. J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995), pp. 67-70.