Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the whole year]

AUCTION 10 | Tuesday, June 27th, 2000 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the whole year]

Two volumes. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary and translation into Yiddish, printed in wayber-taytsch type. ff. (1), 52, 120 and (1), 52, 186. Lightly browned, stained in places, Contemporary uniform gilt-tooled tan mottled-calf, adorned with floral arabesques and two angels supporting a crown. Spine in compartments, with gilt-tooled Hebrew lettering and numbering, a.e.g. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 2293

Amsterdam: The Widow & Orphans Proops 1800

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Central motif of a pair of cherubs supporting a crown indicate the owner was one of the Elders of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Congregation. See: M. Gans, Memorbook. p.189 for similar examples of Dutch-Jewish bindings.