Ludwig Philippson. The Crucifixion and the Jews. Translated from the German by Maurice Mayer. With preface by <<Isaac Leeser.>>

AUCTION 73 | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 26
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Ludwig Philippson. The Crucifixion and the Jews. Translated from the German by Maurice Mayer. With preface by <<Isaac Leeser.>>

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. iv, 41. Lightly soiled and stained, tear at foot of pp. 5-6, shaken. Contemporary boards, rubbed, losses to spine. 8vo. Singerman 1969.

Philadelphia: Jones & Hamilton 1866

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
Privately printed by Leeser and issued in just 500 copies. Leeser characterized the tract as a “fender against the assaults of prejudice” (p. iv).