Subject: German poetry

First edition of *Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine*, translated by Emma Lazarus. Published by R. Worthington in 1881.

This volume contains poetry in German by Isidor Kalisch, a Prussian-born rabbi residing in Detroit, Michigan. Published in 1865, it represents an early example of Midwestern Judaica and is possibly the first book of poetry published by a Jewish man in America, preceded only by a few Jewish women. WorldCat lists four copies of this rare work.