Grace Aguilar - "The Spirit of Judaism" - Philadelphia, 1842

Shema Israel / The Spirit of Judaism by Grace Aguilar edited by Isaac Leeser. Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Co, 5602 (1842). English.
A composition defending Judaism, by the Jewish-British author Grace Aguilar. The book was edited by Isaac Leeser and printed in Philadelphia, with introduction and comments by Leeser, in which he expresses his reservations regarding Aguilar's words. The book was well received by Jews and by Christians and was used in several synagogues and even in Protestant churches.
8 pp (advertising compositions composed or edited by Isaac Leeser) XII, 255 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Ink-stamps. Slight defect to first leaf. Two leaves in the beginning are slightly chopped at margins. Binding slightly faded, with defects and a tear near the spine.
Singerman 767.