Levi, David. Lingua Sacra. Three parts in three volumes: Hebrew Grammar. * Hebrew-English Dictionary. * English-Hebrew Dictionary

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

W. Justins

London

1785-87

FIRST EDITION. All three titles inscribde: Hyman Gratz, January 1st, 1795. Uncut and partially unopened. Fine condition. At the conclusion of Vol. III, is a list of subscribers from England and also from New York and Jamaica

Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p.367, no.43

Hyman Gratz (1776-1857), son of Michael and Miriam Gratz, was an older brother of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869). When his father Michael’s health failed, Hyman assumed direction of the family business. He was active in Federalist Party politics and a founder of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His communal endevors included the management of the first Jewish Publication Society and Treasurer of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. Hyman never married. See Rosenbloom, Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews (1960),p.47