Selichoth Ke-minhag Medinoth Schwaben u-Schweiz [Penitential prayers according to the rite of Schwabia and Switzerland]

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Selichoth Ke-minhag Medinoth Schwaben u-Schweiz [Penitential prayers according to the rite of Schwabia and Switzerland]

Title between architectural columns. On title, stamp of "Dr. J. Perles, Rabbiner" (see below) ff. (2), 61. Title tape repaired. ff.1-5 with text supplied in old hand. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn. Folio Vinograd, Wilhermsdorf 179

Wilhermsdorf: Hirsch ben Chaim of Fuerth 1737

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Prayers according to the custom of the Jews of Switzerland. Joseph Perles (1835-1894) was one of the first graduates of the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary founded by Zechariah Frankel. His contributions to Jewish scholarship include monographs on the medieval greats R. Moses ben Nachman (Ramban) and R. Solomon ben Adereth (Rashba). See JE, Vol. IX, pp. 642-3; EJ, Vol. XIII, cols. 293-4