The Law of God Pentateuch

by Isaac Leeser

$12,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1845. The first edition of the first English translation of any part the Hebrew Bible in America. Also referred to as the Pentatuech, or the Five Books of Moses, presented here in five volumes, each containing one of the Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Text in English and Hebrew. Bound in a simple yet elegant mid-19th century pebbled maroon cloth ruled

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.