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A Defence of the Old Testament in a Series of Letters, Addressed to Thomas Paine.
New York: William A. Davis for Naphtali Judah, 1797. 240 pp. 16mo (170 x 105 mm). Contemporary sheep. Condition: browning to pages and some foxing; rubbing and staining, front board almost detached, with worm damage to leather on back cover and left side of front cover, causing losses. first american edition. Levi responds to Paine's critique of the Bible, arguing the legitimacy of the Old Testament. This First American Edition is of note as it was published for Naphtali Judah, one of the earliest prominent Jewish booksellers in America. [Evans 32376, Rosenbach 114].