Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the Fifty-Fourth Session of the Legislature, Begun and Held at the City of Albany. Printed by E. Croswell, Albany, 1831. English.
Volume binding the laws of NY State from 1831.
One of the laws regularizes the establishment of a charity organization named The society for the education of poor children and relief of indigent persons of the Jewish persuasion, and determines its rights and obligations. In one section, the names of the organization members are mentioned that includes Mordechai Manuel Noach, a journalist, diplomat, lawyer, judge and sheriff, an American Jew who was active in establishing a city of refuge for Jews (Ararat) in Grand Island, NY. 487 pp. 23 cm. Good condition. Stains, tears to leaf margins. Some sheets are uncut.

The Occident and American Jewish Advocate. A Monthly periodical devoted to the diffusion of knowledge on Jewish literature and religion, edited by Isaac Leeser. Volume 3, Issues 1-12 (full year, Nissan 1845-Adar 1846) bound consecutively, without cover title pages. Philadelphia, 1845-1846. English.
The Occident periodical was first published in Philadelphia, in 1843. Its founder and editor for twenty five years was Yitzchak Leeser (see item 478), who besides serving as Rabbi of the Spanish-Portuguese community of the city, Mikveh Yisrael, was considered the leader and most eloquent speaker for all the traditional Jewish population in the USA in the period preceding the Civil War. The Occident appeared each month (with the exception of a two-year period, 1859-1861, when it appeared weekly). After Leeser died in the beginning of 1868, his spiritual son (and later Judge) Meir Sulzberger succeeded him. Approximately one year later, the periodical ceased.
The Occident is considered the central Jewish periodical, the most important and earliest journal published in the US which did not only review internal events but also discussed practical topics concerning Jewish religion and the status of Jews among US citizens. Even the name of the journal was carefully chosen with political intonations: The Occident [the West] was chosen following Der Orient [the East], the name of a paper founded by Julius Fürst three years previously in Leipzig. At the same time, Leeser was also wary of the influence of the widely distributed Christian media in the US, especially the missionary magazines intended for the Jewish English reader, therefore he gave his periodical a subtitle: American Jewish Advocate, in response to the missionary paper's name Israel's Advocate, founded by the American Society for Improvement of Jewish Status (published form 1823-1827).
Throughout its whole existence, the Occident protested prejudice against Jews by the American public and greatly contributed to the efforts expended in protecting the Jewish religion in the American arena.
VII, 628 pp. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Former library copy (stamps and inscriptions). Original binding, partially detached and damaged (especially the spien).
Singerman S315; Goldman 1192. See also: Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926, by Yosef Goldman (Brooklyn, NY, 2006), Vol. 2, page 775; 1041. See attached material.

The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 21&22 Victoria, 1857-58, by George Kettilby Rickards. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoodf, London, 1858. English.
Volume binding the laws approved by the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during 1857-1858.
Among the laws is an act that enables Jews to omit the oath of allegiance "by the true faith of the Christian" from the oath required at the swearing in ceremony for the parliament. One of the sections of this act determines that although Jews are permitted to serve in the parliament, they are not entitled to hold certain senior positions, such as judge or ruler. XXIII, 741pp. 22 cm. Good condition. Tears to spine.

Ohel David; Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the Sassoon Library. Oxford Publication, London, 1932. Two-volume catalogue with detailed description of 1153 of 1220 Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts of Sassoon Library. Includes 73 facsimiles (one colorful) and detailed indexes. Very good condition.