S.I. Cohen. Shorshei Emunah / Elements of Faith, for the Use of Jewish Youth, of Both Sexes. Translated from Hebrew to English by Joshua van Oven.

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S.I. Cohen. Shorshei Emunah / Elements of Faith, for the Use of Jewish Youth, of Both Sexes. Translated from Hebrew to English by Joshua van Oven.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Hebrew and English on facing pages. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool. ff. 10, (1), 56; pp. (1), 6. Touch browned. Fore-edges marbled. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain morocco, rubbed. 8vo. Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 428, no. 2.

London: E. Justins 1815

Est: $400 - $600

The Introduction states that the book was undertaken at the behest of the Rabbi of the Aschkenazic community of London, Solomon Hirschell, together with Raphael di Meldola, Rabbi of the Sephardic community. The purpose being to protect Jewish children from the inroads of Christian missionaries.