PRINTED BY DAVID LEVI
An inquiry into the knowledge of the antient hebrews, concerning a future state.
London.
Printed for J. Johnson...by D. Levi.., 1801.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, [3]-67pp, [9]. With an 8pp terminal 'catalogue of books, written by Dr. Priestley, and printed for J. Johnson', and numerous blanks bound in at front and rear. A crisp copy in nineteenth-century limp half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed, marking to corners, else fine.
A crisp copy of a scarce early nineteenth-century interpretation of the resurrection, and spiritual retribution with reference to Hebrew Scripture by English theologian and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733-1804).
Somewhat remarkably, this was printed for J. Johnson in Mile End by David Levi (1742-1801), the noted expositor of Judaism who had, during the 1780s, engaged in extensive and lengthy published defences of the independence of the Jewish Faith following Priestley's Letters to the Jews (Birmingham, 1786), urging conversion to Christianity whilst retaining certain traditions, such as Shabbat.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 24079
Somewhat remarkably, this was printed for J. Johnson in Mile End by David Levi (1742-1801), the noted expositor of Judaism who had, during the 1780s, engaged in extensive and lengthy published defences of the independence of the Jewish Faith following Priestley's Letters to the Jews (Birmingham, 1786), urging conversion to Christianity whilst retaining certain traditions, such as Shabbat.
