Tephiloth Yisrael / Gebete der Juden

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 223

(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES)

Tephiloth Yisrael / Gebete der Juden

Two parts in one. Part One: Hebrew text of the prayers for weekday, Sabbaths and festivals, including Ethics of the Fathers, with grammatical notes supplied by Isaac Satanow. Part Two consists of Judeo-German translation and notes by David Friedländer. Formerly in the collection of Prof. Abraham J. Karp, New York I. ff. (5), 162. * II. ff. (8), 172, 49, (2). Browned. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf, rubbed. Thick 8vo Vinograd, Berlin 348

Berlin: Chevrath Chinuch Ne’arim Press 1786

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

The first German translation (in Hebrew characters) of the prayer-book. See S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993) p.262. It had been suggested by the late Professor Abraham Karp that the appearance of the initials “M.M.D.” blind-tooled by the binder onto the spine of this volume indicates that that the original owner was none other than M[oses] M[endelssohn] of D[essau]