"Letters to the Jews, Inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidence of Christianity…", by Joseph Priestley. Bound together with "Letters to Dr. Priestley, in Answer to Those he Addressed to the Jews…", by David Levi. New York: J. Harrison for B. Gomez, 1794. English. First American edition.
Two works originally bound together (each with its own separate title page):

· "Letters to the Jews, Inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidence of Christianity", by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), a renowned English Calvinist theologian, scientist, and natural philosopher.

· "Letters to Dr. Priestley, in Answer to Those he Addressed to the Jews", by the Jewish scholar David Levi (1740-1799). Composition written in defense of the Jewish religion, in response to two of Priestley’s letters.

The two works were published together in 1794, originally in the United States, by Jewish bookseller Benjamin Gomez. The book is one of the earliest Jewish works to be published in the United States of America. At the time of publication, the book stood out as entirely unique insofar as it dealt directly with the challenge of defending the Jewish faith and was both written and published by Jews.

131 pages. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old leather binding, partly detached, unprofessionally restored with needle-and-thread. New endpapers.

Singerman 0080, 0082.