Author: Taylor, Isaac
Title: The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry. With a Sketch of the Life of the Author and a Catalogue of His Writings
Description: New York: William Gowans, 1862. 1862. New York: William Gowans, 1862. 1862. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth with an oval vignette & 4 stars stamped in gilt on the front cover & in blind on the rear cover. There is a large piece out of the head & tail & the right side of the spine and most of the gilt titling is lacking. The rear joint is split. The covers are bumped & rubbed. x & pages [11]-303 & [7] pages. There is some staining to the title & occasional light foxing. Despite the loss of cloth on the spine, this is a good tight copy.

First American edition.

From the library of Leonard Charles Van Noppen with his signature dated 1903 on the front endpaper. Van Noppen [1865-1935] was a Dutch-born, American-educated academic, translator and poet, who, as a member of the United States Naval Reserves authored "The Challenge: War Chants of the Allies, Wise and Otherwise". Below Van Noppen's signature, is inscribed in pencil: "Presented to the Editor of the Churchman by the Publisher". Good .

Keywords: JUDAICA; HEBRAICA; LITERATURE; SCRIPTURES; BIBLICAL; PROPHETS; PROPHECY; THE SPIRIT OF THE HEBREW POETRY; ISAAC TAYLOR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LEONARD CHARLES VAN NOPPEN; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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