Seder Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite

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Lot 187

(MINIATURE BOOK).

Seder Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite

Prepared by Zemach and Yakov David, the sons of Meir Crescas. Divisional title ff. 318. Previous owners signature and inscription dated 1818 on verso of flyleaf, slight marginal wear on first few leaves due to clasp. Contemporary, elegent gilt-tooled morocco with clasps and hinges, rubbed, spine slightly chipped. 32mo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1505

Amsterdam: Herz Levi the Physician 1739

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

“A delightful miniature prayer-book in Hebrew is the Seder Tefilloth according to Sephardi rites, printed by Dr. Naphtali Herz Levi in Amsterdam in 1729 [sic]. I have seen beautifully bound copies of this scarce volume.” See L.W. Bondy, Miniature Books (1981) p. 31