Subject: Hebrew Bible

This is a copy of the second edition (1859) of the Biblia Hebraica, revising earlier editions by Jos. Athiae, Johannes Leusden, Jo. Simonis, and Everard van der Hoog. Published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott et Soc., this edition was edited by Isaac Leeser. The Latin title is preceded by a Hebrew inscription. The text is in Hebrew and Latin, with an introduction, preface, and notes in Latin. Bound in 1/2 leather with gilt ruling and lettering, marbled boards. Shows minor wear including a small tear at the top of the spine and some shelf wear. The book is tight and clean, with a former owner's name on the flyleaf. It measures over 7 1/2" - 9 1/2" tall and contains xx, 1416 pages.

One-page letter written by J.D. Jacobowsky on June 12, 1854, from Holmesville, Ohio, to Isaac Leeser. Jacobowsky encloses $6.00 for the Occident and $3.00 for a friend, H. Eichenstine, to purchase a Hebrew Bible with an English translation and issue XXVIII of the Occident, including Letters on Judaism and Christianity. The letter includes a request to forward the items to his address.

Newspaper advertisement from the *Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser*, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1814. The advertisement announces the first American edition of the Hebrew Bible without points.

This pamphlet is an advertisement or promotional piece for a copy of "The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures According to the Massoretic Text." Published by Sherman for the Rev. Abraham de Sola, and copyrighted in 1853, this particular copy dates from around 1873. The pamphlet likely details the content and availability of the complete scripture text.