Isaac Mayer Wise. The First of the Maccabees.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Bloch

Place

Cincinnati

Publication

1860

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title page set in typographic border.

references

Singerman 1697.

summary

The First of the Maccabees was originally serialized under a pseudonym in “The Israelite” a Jewish weekly founded by Wise. Later, against Wise’s wishes, it was printed by Howard Bloch under his real name. The novel covers the events of the Hasmonean era. According to Wise’s autobiography, he wrote it in order to fill the void of English-language Jewish fiction.

pp. 180. Ex-library, foxed and stained in places. Later boards with original upper printed wrapper bound in. 8vo.

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