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AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 89
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Amsterdam: de Cordova 1723
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Compendium including Grace after Meals, Sabbath hymns, prayers before retiring, Birth, Marriage and Death, concluding with the Hagadah for Passover. The illuminating woodcuts illustrate select holidays and observances through the annual religious cycle. The prototype of these images was Menasseh ben Israel’s Sepher Minhagim, Amsterdam, 1645