(Selichoth) [penitential prayers]
AUCTION 6 |
Tuesday, November 17th,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 169
(LITURGY).
(Selichoth) [penitential prayers]
Augsburg: Chaim Schwartz 1536
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,000
Final page with 16th-century censor’s signature, demonstrating the lack of the final 8 leaves as being a very early occurrence. Indeed the heavily censored nature of the text suggests that the ecclesiastical authorities might have found the concluding leaves of this book to “offensive” to remain at all, and were thus entirely removed