(Liturgy). Prieres...a l’Usage des Juifs Portugais ou Espagnols

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 338

(FRENCH JUDAICA).

(Liturgy). Prieres...a l’Usage des Juifs Portugais ou Espagnols

Complete in four volumes. Translated by Mardochée Venture Occasional wear and few stains, Vol. II a taller copy. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 8vo

Nice: M. Lambert 1772-83

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $800

The First Translation of the Entire Prayer-Book into French Venture, a French scholar who flourished at Avignon in the latter part of the 18th century. In collaboration with Isaiah Vidal he composed the Seder Hakuntress (1765), a collection of liturgical chants according to local custom. Accompanied By: Prières... Translated by Mardochée Venture. Two volumes. Paris, 1807