The Occident and American Jewish Advocate. A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests of Jewish Literature and Religion. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 19

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

The Occident and American Jewish Advocate. A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Interests of Jewish Literature and Religion. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Two volumes, The Weekly folio volumes. Vol. XVII: New Series - Volume I, 25 issues (of 52). *. Vol. XVIII: New Series, 41 issues (of 52). Comprehensive list of issues available upon request. Browned and lightly stained in places. Modern uniform calf-backed marbled boards with red morocco spine labels. Folio. Goldman 1192.

Philadelphia: 1859-60

Est: $20,000 - $30,000

PRICE REALIZED $37,500

The Occident was a monthly publication, but went weekly from April 1859 - March 1861 until returning to the monthly format. <<These weeklies are especially rare>> . See L.J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995), pp. 136-150. “Quite aside from its usefulness as a historic record of the time, The Occident was the first instrumentality to give a sense of national belonging to the widely scattered children of Israel in the United States.” (Bertram W. Korn). A complete set of the Occident was sold at Sotheby’s New York, Judaica, 4th December, 2014, Lot 15.