Seder Tephiloth [daily and Sabbath prayers, with other selections]. According to Sephardic rite.
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 93
(LITURGY)
Seder Tephiloth [daily and Sabbath prayers, with other selections]. According to Sephardic rite.
Amsterdam: Sons of the late Solomon Proops 1760
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
<<A luxury edition, finely produced in a neat lilliputian size, printed entirely on vellum.>>
See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Vellum no. 39.
A moving display of the spiritual devotion harbored by the well-to-do patron of this miniature liturgical edition. For despite the expense necessitated in commissioning this prayer-book on vellum, the unknown devotee of fine printing clearly recited and sang his prayers on a regular basis from this very volume.
<<A first-rate example of the high quality inherent in the art of Hebrew printing that the presses of Amsterdam excelled in.>>
For another copy of this rare vellum Siddur sold at auction, See Christie’s Amsterdam, Fine Judaica, 6th December, 1989, Lot 105.