Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick.

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick.

TWO COPIES OF THE WORK. PRINTED BY HALF-SHEET IMPOSITION ON ELEVEN FULL SHEETS (456x526mm). After cutting and folding, the book would be a duodecimo with a page size of approximately 132x85 mm. Despite some light browning and spotting on the outermost sheet, generally clean, sheets undivided and folded once Vinograd, Amsterdam 2460

Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofé & Son 1817

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

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 Psalms 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.