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LOT 285:
A Class Book for Jewish Youth – New York, 1866
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A Class Book for Jewish Youth – New York, 1866
A Class Book for Jewish Youth of Both Sexes, by H. A. Henry. New York: L. H. Frank, 1866. English. Second Amercian edition.
A textbook for Jewish children containing excerpts from the Bible, religious laws, customs, stories, and Jewish history.
The author, Henry Abraham Henry (London, 1800/1806 – U.S., 1879), was a rabbi and teacher in London. He served, among other positions, as the principal of the Jewish Free School. In 1849, he immigrated to the United States, where he served as the rabbi of various communities, including Shearith Israel in San Francisco.
V, [2], 8-124 pp, 19 cm. Good condition. Small tear at inner margins of first page. Cloth-covered cardboard binding, slightly faded, with slight tears and blemishes. Tears to spine.
Singerman 1946.
