Biblia: en dos colunas hebrayco y español: 1762 Amsterdam editionFirst Bible printed in both Hebrew and Spanish. Published in Amsterdam by Joseph, Iacob, and Abraham de Salomon Proops in 1762. This edition was the first Hebrew book whose publication was financed by and for the use of Jews on the American continent. Abraham Mendes Castro funded the printing to provide Bibles for students in Curaçao who lacked sufficient copies of the Pentateuch in Hebrew and Spanish. Profits from the sale went to the Jewish communities of Hebron and Jerusalem. Bound in its original binding.
Printer's Proof of Hebrew Commentary for *The Occident*, undatedPrinter's proof galley of a Hebrew commentary, folded in half, showing Hebrew text in a 4" column with hand-inked corrections and English and Hebrew marginalia. The right-hand column includes the capitalized word "Sabbath." Contains a footnote by Leeser, "to my readers," identifying the Italian author of the commentary. The marginalia and corrections are in Leeser's hand. This may be the only extant galley proof from any of Leeser's publications. Found with other Leeser papers and verified by Dr. Arthur Kiron and Bruce Nielsen at the Katz Center, University of Pennsylvania.