"Voices from the Hearth", Poetry Book by Isidore Gordon Ascher – Montreal-New York, 1863 – Dedication by the Author

Voices from the Hearth, A Collection of Verses, by Isidor G. Ascher, published by John Lovell, Montrewal / D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1863. English.
A poetry book by Isidore Gordon Gottschalk Ascher (1835-1914), Jewish author and poet, active in Britain and Canada, one of the founders of Temple Emanuel in Quebec and the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society.
A number of poems in the book relate to Jewish subjects, among them: "Esther", "The Traveler and the Tree" (from the Talmud) and "To the Memory of Lady Montefiore". A number of poems are about subjects related to Canada and the United States, including poems about slavery and the American Civil War.
A dedication from 1864, handwritten by the author, appears on the first page (English).
168 pp, 18 cm. Leather binding with gilt decorations. Gilt edges. Good condition. Some stains. Blemishes to margins of binding, and to spine.
Singerman 1757.