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AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 225

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TYRNAU, ISAAC. Minhagim mikol Hashanah [ceremonies]. According to the custom of Bohemia, Moravia, Poland, Lithuania and Germany. ff.11 (of 38). [Vinograd, Prague 645]. 1697 * BOUND WITH: (Machzor) [Festival and occasional prayers]. ff.104 (of 106?) lacking at least one leaf at beginning and end. [Vinograd (unseen), Prague 649?]. 1698(?) * Sepher Tehilim [Psalms]. ff.2 (of ?). [Unknown to Vinograd]. 1697 Stained, few marginal repairs with minimal loss. Modern morocco. Sm.4to

Prague: Grand-sons of Judah Bak v.d

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

Three rare Prague Hebrew imprints. Although only 2 leaves of the 1697 Psalms are present, it’s type-face is precisely the same as the Machzor bound with it. This suggests that the Machzor, rather than being the 1698 edition, could indeed be an unrecorded 1697 (-or earlier) issue