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Oriental Customs: [SCARCE EARLY 19th c.. BIBLICAL COMMENTARY PRINTED IN AMERICA] or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews... Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts..
by Burder, Samuel
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- Condition
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About This Item
Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1807. Second printing. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo. 2 vols. 431; (4), 418pp. Indices in both volumes plus publisher's ads at rear. Cont. tree calf with black calf spine labels. An ex-library copy with minimal markings, i.e., small private library bookplates on front pastedowns; fade rubber stamps on front free endpapers and old paper labels at foot of spines. Bindings a bit rubbed and outer front hinges cracked but holding nicely.
A scarce biblical commentary printed in America in the early 19th century. The "Oriental"s in the title were, in fact, The Jews.
Note: This edition is greatly expanded from the one volume first edition published by Woodward in 1804. Page 155 in Vol. I is incorrectly numbered 145.
Rosenbach. An American Jewish Bibliography. #132. Singerman. Judaica Americana. #0149.
A scarce biblical commentary printed in America in the early 19th century. The "Oriental"s in the title were, in fact, The Jews.
Note: This edition is greatly expanded from the one volume first edition published by Woodward in 1804. Page 155 in Vol. I is incorrectly numbered 145.
Rosenbach. An American Jewish Bibliography. #132. Singerman. Judaica Americana. #0149.
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- Title
- Oriental Customs: [SCARCE EARLY 19th c.. BIBLICAL COMMENTARY PRINTED IN AMERICA] or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews... Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts..
- Author
- Burder, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- William W. Woodward
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Bible commentaries, Judaica, Jewish customs, Jewish social life
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
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