Weinberg, Morris. Hasepher Tehilim - This Book the Psalms of King David Written by Hand. (Facsimile edition).

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 19

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Weinberg, Morris. Hasepher Tehilim - This Book the Psalms of King David Written by Hand. (Facsimile edition).

Hebrew title with scribe’s hand at centre, additional title in English with American Flag. Photographic portrait of Weinberg displaying the Manuscript. Four illustrated divisional titles. Numerous delightful illustrations within the body of the calligraphic Hebrew text. Page of approbations and prayers to avoid nightmares, etc. List of subscribers (including Dr. Solomon Schechter and the encyclopedist J.D. Eisenstein of New York) and memorial tablet on last page pp. 108, (2). Title page loose. Endpapers stained. Original boards, rebacked. 4to

Chicago: 1912

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Enchanting example of American-Jewish Folk Art. A Most Unusual Volume. The manuscript itself is presently in the Library of the JTSA, New York. See Jewish Museum Catalogue, The Jewish Heritage in American Folk Art (1984) no.90; and J. Ungerleider-Mayerson, Jewish Folk Art (1986) p.34