Minhagim. According to the custom of Germany and Poland

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

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

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Minhagim. According to the custom of Germany and Poland

Title within typographic border. Numerous woodcut illustrations of ceremonies. Judeo-German translation by Simon Levi Ginzburg, printed in Wayber-taytsch type ff. 80. Lightly browned, few light stains in places. Recent cram calf-backed blind-stamped vellum, gilt- titled on upper cover. 8vo Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 320 - no copy in the JNUL

Frankfurt a/Main: Zalman Hanau 1714

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

An excesivley rare early Frankfurt Minhagim BOOK, with new woodcut illustrations. In contrast to the illustrations of the Amsterdam mould, the Frankfurt “Minhagim-style” illustrations in the current edition, despite a striking angularity in their starkness, present a charming representation of the Jewish ceremonies