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LEESER, ISAAC. Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. Delivered at the Synagogue Mikvah Israel, in Philadelphia, in the Years 5590-5597. Two parts in one volume. Two title pages. pp. (2),x,(1),297; (2),293,(3). Lightly browned, few light stains in places, first few leaves loose, split. Later boards, rebacked. Lg. 8vo. [Singerman 632; Rosenbach 413]. Philadelphia, Haswell & Fleu, 1837. * Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of the Jewish Religion. “Delivered Chiefly at the Synagogue Mikvah Israel, in Philadelphia, in the Years 5598-5601. Second Series, or Volume III. pp. xii, 268. Lightly browned, trace foxed on first few leaves. Later cloth, gently rubbed at edges. Lg. 8vo. [Singerman 748; Rosenbach 479]. Philadelphia, C. Sherman & Co., 1841. * BOUND WITH: The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Right. Illustrated in a Series of Letters to the Philadelphia Gazette. pp.99. [Singerman 745; Rosenbach 476]. Philadelphia, C. Sherman & Co., 1841

The first collection of Jewish sermons to be published in America. The appearance of the first two volumes of the Discourses, marked a turning point in Leeser’s career. The 500 copies printed were quickly disseminated throughout the Continental United States and the Caribbean. These sermons established Leeser’s renown as a most facile Preacher