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Lunar Calendar,

OF THE

FESTIVALS, AND OTHER DAYS IN THE YEAR,

OBSERVED BY THE ISRAELITES, COMMENCING ANNO MUNDI, 5566, and ENDING IN 5619,

BEING A PERIOD OF 54 YEARS, Which by the Solar Computation of Time, begins September 24th, 1805, and will End the 28th of the fame Month, in the Year 1859,

Together with other Tables ufeful and

convenient.

The Whole of which having been carefully examin= ed and corrected, its utility has obtained the voluntary acknowledgment and approbation of the Rev. Mr. SEIXAS. the refpectable Hazan of the K. K. Shearith Ifrael, in New-York.

By MOSES LOPEZ,

OF NEWPORT, RHODE-ISLAND.

(COPY-RIGHT SECURED.)

Printed at the Office of the Newport Mercury; 18067

138. FREY, JOSEPH SAMUEL CHRISTIAN FREDERICK, A SHORT ACCOUNT OF Mr. Frey, ?1807.

Collation: 12°, Caption title, pp. (1)-12.

At the end: Lincoln & Gleason, Printers, Hartford, | Where may be had many useful books.

Copy located: AAS.

See No. 142.

This appears to be the first American account of the conversion of Joseph Samuel Levi to Christianity.

139. HARBY, ISAAC, THE GORDIAN KNOT, 1807.

The Gordian Knot; or, Causes and Effects. 1807.

"I had the gracious alternative of making a bonfire or of making a publication of the Gordian Knot. I decided for the latter how wisely time will show."-Harby's Works, p. 20. Title and note from Wegelin.

140. HOLFORD, GEORGE PETER, THE DESTRUCTION OF
JERUSALEM, 1807.

The Destruction of irresistible Proof of the including a narrative of

Jerusalem an absolute and Divine Origin of Christianity: | The Calamities which befel the Jews, so far as they tend to verify | Our Lord's Predictions relative to that event. | With a brief description of the City and Temple. "I consider the Prophecy relative to the Destruc- tion of the Jewish Nation, if there were nothing else to support Christianity, as absolutely irresistible." | Mr. Erskine's Speech at the Trial of Williams for publishing Paine's Age of Reason. | Burlington, N. J. | Published by Joseph Sharpless. | 1807.

Collation: 12°, p. (i) Title, p. (ii) blank, pp. (iii)-iv Preface, pp. (5)-144 Text. At the end: Joseph Rakestraw, Printer.

Copy located: AAS.

141. HOLFORD, GEORGE P., DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM,

1807.

The Destruction of Jerusalem, | an absolute and irresistible proof of the Divine Origin of Christianity; including a Narrative of the Calamities which | befell the Jews, so far as they tend to verify Our Lord's predictions relative to that event. With a brief Description of the City and Temple. "I consider the prophecy relative to the destruction of the Jewish nation, if there were nothing else to sup- port christianity, as absolutely irresistible." Mr. Erskine's speech at the trial of Williams | for publishing Paine's Age of Reason. Second American Edition. Burlington, N. J. | Published By Joseph Sharpless 1807.

Collation: 12°, p. (1) Title as above, p. (2) Imprint, pp. (3), 4 Preface, pp. (5)-144 Text.

Copies located: ASWR; LCP; AAS.

142. LAPIDOTH, THE CONVERTED JEW, 1807.

Collation: 12°, p. (1) Title, p. (2) blank, pp. (3)-24 Text. Copy located: AAS.

The AAS copy, the only one located, has stitched at the end: No. II, A Short Account of Mr. Frey, a Converted Jew... by the same printers, with caption title, separate pagination and signatures.

See No. 138.

THE

CONVERTED

JEW,

OR,

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONVERSION TO

CHRISTIANITY, OF

Mr. Lapidoth and Family,

AND OF THE

BAPTISM OF HIMSELF, HIS WIFE AND THIR

TEEN CHILDREN,

Who were publicly baptized, according to the rites of the Dutch Church, at Vianen,

in Holland,

March 18, 1805:

HARTFORD :

Printed by Lincoln & Gleason:

1807:

No. 142.

da Ponte, Written by Himself. To which is added, the first Literary Conversazione, held at his house, in New-York, on the 10th of March, 1807; consisting of several Italian compositions, in verse and in prose, translated into English by his scholars. | New-York: Printed by I. Riley and Co. | 1807.

Collation 16mo, title-page, as above, the verso blank, pp. (1)-(2); To the Reader, pp. (3)-4; text, pp. 5-91, p. (92) blank; index, pp. (93)-(94). English and Italian on opposite pages.

Copy located: ASWR.

The real name of Lorenzo da Ponte was Jeremiah Conegliano. He took the former name on his baptism at the age of 14.

144. TAPPAN, DAVID, LECTURES ON JEWISH ANTIQUITIES, 1807.

Lectures on Jewish Antiquities; | delivered at Harvard University in Cambridge, A. D. 1802 & 1803. | By David Tappan, D. D. | Late Hollis Professor of Divinity in that Seminary. Published by W. Hilliard and E. Lincoln, and for sale at the bookstore in Cambridge and at No. 53, | Cornhill, Boston. | 1807

Collation: 8°. 1 1. with title as above on the recto verso blank; p. (i) Copyright; p. (ii) Errata; pp. (iii)-vii, Contents; p. (viii) blank; pp. 9-359 Text; p. (360) blank; pp. (361)-364 Index.

Copies located: LCP; DC; AAS; NYPL.

145. FABER, GEORGE STANLEY, DISSERTATION ON THE PROPHECIES, 1808.

A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that have been fulfilled, are now fulfilling, or will hereafter be fulfilled, relative to the great period of 1260 years, the Papal and Mohammedan Apostacies; the tyrannical reign of Antichrist, or the infidel power; | and | the Restoration of the Jews. To which is added, | An Appendix. By the Rev. George Stanley Faber, B. D. | Vicar of Stockton-upon-Tees. First American from the second London edition. | In two volumes. | Vol. I 66 Shut up the Words, and seal the Book, even to the time of the end; many shall run | to and fro, and knowledge

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