Buy this book on-line Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESEdward Stern & Co. , Philadelphia, 1880.
Marbled boards, 8vo, VIII, 9-371 pages. Singerman 2935. A series of 100 biographical sketches of the most renown Jewish personalities of the 19th century. Among them: Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Isaac D'Israeli, Achille Fould, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Offenbach, Henry de Worms, etc. Inscribed “to Dr. A. S. Isaacs/with the Author’s kindest regards/Philadelphia, June 7th, 1880.” Isaacs (1852–1920) , was a “rabbi, writer, and educator. Educated at New York University, the University of Breslau (1874–77) , and the Breslau rabbinical seminary, Isaacs taught Hebrew, German, and postgraduate German literature at NYU between 1885 and 1906. He was named professor of Semitic languages in 1906, a post which he held until his death. Isaacs was also a preacher at the East 86th Street Synagogue in New York City and rabbi of the B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in Patterson, N. J. (1896–1906) . Following his father's death in 1878 he became an editor of the Jewish Messenger until its merger in 1903 with the American Hebrew. Isaacs wrote several books for adults and children, including A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto (1878) and What is Judaism (1912) ” (EJ 2007) . Heavy but solid repairs to boards and binding, light wear inside, Good Condition. (SPEC-27-13-D), PLA 6/13 5 Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESCincinnati, Ohio; American Hebrew Publishing House. Bloch Publishing Co., 1879
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 371 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Singerman #2935. Decorated endpages. Errata slip tipped in. Not to be confused with the far more common later 1880 edition. A series of 100 biographical sketches of the most renown Jewish personalities of the 19th century. Among them: Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Isaac D'Israeli, Achille Fould, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Offenbach, Henry de Worms, etc. "Seventy [of these sketches] have appeared seriatim in The Jewish record. " (Preface) Henry Morais was an “American writer and minister; born May 13, 1860, at Philadelphia, Pa. ; educated at private and public schools of that city. He received his religious instruction from his father, Sabato Morais. For about twelve years he was a teacher in the schools of the Hebrew Education Society and in the Hebrew Sabbath-schools of Philadelphia. Morais was the principal founder and for the first two years managing editor of the "Jewish Exponent. " He edited also "The Musical and Dramatic Standard" (Philadelphia) and "The Hebrew Watchword and Instructor" (ib. ) , and has been a frequent contributor to the Jewish and general press of the United States; he was on the reportorial and special staff of the "Philadelphia Public Ledger" almost four years. ” Subjects: Jews- Biography. OCLC lists 5 (American Antiquarian Society, UW Milwaukee, Univ. Of Toronto, Bar Ilan Univ, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) . Gift inscription on front end page, hinges starting, spine chipped. Very good condition. (AMR-43-13) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESEdward Stern & Co. , Philadelphia, 1880.
Later boards, 8vo, VIII, 9-371 pages. Singerman 2935. A series of 100 biographical sketches of the most renown Jewish personalities of the 19th century. Among them: Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Isaac D'Israeli, Achille Fould, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Offenbach, Henry de Worms, etc. Inscribed “to Dr. A. S. Isaacs/with the Author’s kindest regards/Philadelphia, June 7th, 1880.” Isaacs (1852–1920) , was a “rabbi, writer, and educator. Educated at New York University, the University of Breslau (1874–77) , and the Breslau rabbinical seminary, Isaacs taught Hebrew, German, and postgraduate German literature at NYU between 1885 and 1906. He was named professor of Semitic languages in 1906, a post which he held until his death. Isaacs was also a preacher at the East 86th Street Synagogue in New York City and rabbi of the B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in Patterson, N. J. (1896–1906) . Following his father's death in 1878 he became an editor of the Jewish Messenger until its merger in 1903 with the American Hebrew. Isaacs wrote several books for adults and children, including A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto (1878) and What is Judaism (1912) ” (EJ 2007) . Institutional marks. In solid binding. Good + Condition. (SPEC-27-13A), PLA 6/13 5 Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Morais, Henry Samuel : EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, antiquarian books, first editions, collectables and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |