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Law of God

“THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PENTATEUCH IN AMERICA”

LEESER, Isaac. Law of God. Philadelphia, 1845. Five volumes.

First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history, in handsome full contemporary calf bindings. $22,000.

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Declaration of Israel's Independence

WE “HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JEWISH STATE IN ERETZ-ISRAEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL”

[BEN-GURION, David]. Declaration of Israel's Independence. Tel Aviv, 5 Iyar 5708 [May 14, 1948].

First printing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, together with two rare successive issues of the Official Bulletin from the same month. $15,000.

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28th Zionist Congress

SIGNED BY DAVID BEN GURION

(BEN GURION, David). 28th Zionist Congress. Israel, 1967-73.

Rare commemorative album celebrating Israeli statehood and the 28th Zionist Congress, comprising a booklet explaining the congress, book excerpts from the book, "Three Days," describing the declaration of statehood, two sheets of Israeli first day covers, a photograph of Ben Gurion on the same sheet as two Israeli historical stamps, and a facsimile of the Independence Scroll signed in pen by Ben Gurion. $15,000.

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Illustrations for the Bible

“THE SAME RELIGIOUS FORCE AS THE BIBLE ITSELF”

CHAGALL, Marc. Illustrations for the Bible. New York, 1956.

Scarce first American edition, published the same year as the first Paris edition, of Chagall’s extraordinary illustrations for the Hebrew Bible, with 105 etchings reproduced in heliogravure, as well as 12 black-and-white and 16 color lithographs prepared by Chagall especially for the present work and printed by Mourlot Frères, in very scarce original dust jacket. $8000.

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Commercial and Notarial Precedents

"THE FIRST JEWISH AUTHOR TO HAVE A LAW BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES"

MONTEFIORE, Joshua. Commercial and Notarial Precedents. Philadelphia, 1803.

First American edition of the groundbreaking work by Montefiore, the Jewish attorney born in England but long barred from practicing except as a notary public, this rare edition containing his substantial revisions to the 1802 English edition in his notes "scattered throughout… exclusively useful" to American legal principles, published less than ten years before he traveled to America and later made it his home, with Jefferson possessing a copy of an 1804 three-volume edition issued with a first American edition of Montefiore's Commercial Dictionary (1804), in contemporary full brown sheep. $7800.

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Act to Permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament. WITH: An Act to Repeal...

"THAT PERSONS PROFESSING THE JEWISH RELIGION MAY, UPON APPLICATION FOR THAT PURPOSE, BE NATURALIZED BY PARLIAMENT, WITHOUT RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER…"

PARLIAMENT. An Act to Permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament. WITH: An Act to Repeal… London, 1753. Two pieces.

First edition of the Jewish Naturalization Act of 1753, the "Jew Bill" that notoriously provoked such fierce opposition that it was repealed within months by Parliament, together with a first edition of that repeal. $6500.

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Haggadah for Passover

BEN SHAHN’S SIGNED LIMITED FOLIO HAGGADAH, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPH ALSO SIGNED BY HIM

SHAHN, Ben. Haggadah for Passover. Paris, 1966.

Beautiful large limited folio Passover Haggadah, number 175 of only 228 copies (out of a total edition of 292) on Arches Vergé paper, illustrated by Ben Shahn with 21 color pictorial borders and line drawings and an additional beautiful double-page color lithograph also signed by him. $6500.

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Emergency Decree concerning 1929 Riots in Palestine

BRITISH EMERGENCY BROADSIDE DECREE REGARDING THE 1929 ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS IN PALESTINE

(JUDAICA) CHANCELLOR, John Herbert. Emergency Decree concerning 1929 Riots in Palestine. Jerusalem, September 4, 1929.

Emergency decree in Hebrew, issued by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, announcing special power to be given to the Courts in conducting trials for those arrested for violent conduct during the 1929 Arab riots over Jewish prayer at the Western Wall. $5500.

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