Item 42741THE OCCIDENT AND AMERICAN JEWISH ADVOCATE. A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE ON JEWISH LITERATURE AND RELIGION. VOL. I, 1-12 (APRIL 1843-MARCH. 1844). [RARE COMPLETE FIRST VOLUME].
Philadelphia: Isaac Leeser; C. Sherman, Printer, 1843-1844. 1st edition. Period half leather, large 8vo, (viii) 616 pages. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. 1st 12 monthly issues of Isaac Leeser’s Occident, the first widely circulated Jewish periodical in America and an unmatched source for details of mid-19 Century American..... More