PATRIARCHAL TIMES, COMPRISING INTERESTING EVENTS, INCIDENTS, AND CHARACTERS, FOUNDED ON THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. PART I [ONLY, OF II]

1st Jewish Publication Society edition, with new preface by "The Committee" [Probably Isaac Leeser]. Period cloth, 16mo (small) , vi, 108 pages. Singerman 0994. Rosenbach: American Jewish bibliography; 612, 633. Comprises Nr 8 of "The Jewish Miscellany. " Includes Part 1, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac but not Part 2: Jacob, Esau, Joseph, Benjamin (would be pages 110-319). One of the few publications from the first Jewish Publication Society, founded by Isaac Leeser and which lasted only 3 years, from 1845-1848. No copies appearing at major auction in the last century. SUBJECT(S) : Patriarchs (Bible) -- Fiction. OCLC: 970980302. OCLC-Worldcat lists only 6 copies worldwide (Penn, HUC, AJHS, YU, Temple, Princeton). Jewish institutional bookplate, period paper label on front board, wear to blank inside rear cover, internally clean and nice, Good+ Condition. (KH-9-8A-DB).