Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Jun 23, 2017
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LOT 26:
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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.
Jones & Hamilton, Philadelphia: 1866.
Privately printed by Leeser and issued in just 500 copies. Leeser characterized the tract as a “fender against the assaults of prejudice” (p. iv).
