Levi, David | First edition of A Defence of the Old Testament ... Addressed to Thomas Paine

Levi, David

A Defence of the Old Testament in a Series of Letters, Addressed to Thomas Paine. New York: William A. Davis for Naphtali Judah, 1797

12mo (164 x 100 mm). Contemporary ownership signature to title, some foxing and browning, ink stain to lower margin. Contemporary calf, gilt-lettered black morocco label to spine; extremities rubbed with some soiling, loss to head of spine, joints weak. In custom slipcase and folding chemise.  

First edition — published for Naphtali Judah, one of the earliest prominent Jewish booksellers in America.

REFERENCE

ESTC W20118; Evans 32376; Rosenbach 114