Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick
AUCTION 10 |
Tuesday, June 27th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 44
(BIBLE
Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick
Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofé & Son 1817
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A rare survival of an old Hebrew printed book in sheets showing the technique of half-sheet imposition (“work and turn”). This edition of the Psalms was printed on behalf of the Ets Hayyim Burial Society of the Portuguese Jews, Amsterdam. Both copies of the Pslams are certified on the verso of the title with the signature of a representative of the Society. On the technique of half-sheet imposition see K. Povey, On the Diagnosis of half-sheet imposition in: The Library (1956) pp.269-72