(Bible, Hebrew and English. Pentateuch). Torath HaElo-him - The Law of God. “Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised” by Isaac Leeser

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 22

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

(Bible, Hebrew and English. Pentateuch). Torath HaElo-him - The Law of God. “Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised” by Isaac Leeser

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Complete in five volumes. Hebrew and English on facing pages. Fine condition with wide margins Ex-library. Original uniform morocco with large geometric designs on upper and lower covers, gilt extra. Extremities slightly rubbed; a.e.g. 4to. Rosenbach 569; Singerman 884.

Philadelphia: C. Sherman 1845-6

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

The first translation into English of any part of the Bible by an American Jew, for a specifically American Jewish audience. This was Isaac Lesser’s crowning literary achievement and was the standard Jewish translation of the Pentateuch into the 20th-century. See B.J. Bamberger, American Jewish Translations of the Bible in: The Jewish Book Annual (1957) pp. 33-40.