SYSTEMATICAL AND PRACTICAL HEBREW GRAMMAR, FOR THE USE OF HEBREW SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND SELF-INSTRUCTION. WITH A CHRESTOMATHY, CONTAINING AN EPITOME OF HISTORY FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE SECOND TEMPLE, WITH ANALYTICAL NOTES; YESODE LESHON HA-IVRIT (Xt)
Cincinnati, Printed At The Office Of The Israelite & Deborah, 1855-1856. Item #39486
1st edition. Period Cloth, 8vo, 107 pages. Singerman 1444. Deinard 357.
Goldman 269: “Mayer was born in Alsace (or Bavaria?) in 1809. He studied in yeshivot near his native town and in Frankfor am Main and he pursued secular studies in Frankfort and Mayence….
Mayer ‘inherited a considerable property, which was swept away in the German revolution of 1848’ (Israelite). He subsequently immigrated to America. Mayer served as a teacher and rabbi in Cincinnati, Rochester and Hartford….The speech delivered by his son Alfred on the occasion of becoming a bar mitzvah was printed in Occident 17.1 (31 Mar 1859), 3.”
Includes 2 title pages: The first, entirely in English is dated 1856. The second, primarily in Hebrew, is dated 1855. For a review, see Occident 14.1 (April 1856), p. 39. No copy offered at major auction in the past 25 years.
OCLC: 2269993.
Ex-library with minimal markings. Binding repaired, some ink stains, About Very Good- Condition. (KH-8-18-RGGFDBYL).
Price: $750.00