Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA) LEESER, ISAAC (Ed).

Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

Complete set of six volumes. Hebrew with English translation face `a face. Vol. I (Daily Prayers): pp. 8; ff. 216. Vol. II (New Year): ff. 121. Vol. III (Day of Atonement): ff. (2), 246 + supplement pp. 3. Vol. IV (Tabernacles): ff. 176. Vol. V (Passover and Pentecost): ff. 182. Vol. VI (Fast Day): ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12, including two-page List of Subscribers. Exceptional Condition. Bound in fine period-style uniform full tan calf, spines titled in gilt. Housed in fitted box. 4to. Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12.

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell 1837-38

Est: $30,000 - $40,000

PRICE REALIZED $30,000

<<The First Comprehensive Set of Machzorim Printed in America. A Complete Set in Six Volumes of the Jewish Liturgy for the Entire Year.>> Sidur Sifthei Tzadikim, Isaac Leeser’s comprehensive prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the original Hebrew text and an original English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences both in America and the British Colonies in the Caribbean and thus included both “A Prayer for a Royal Government” and “A Prayer for a Republican Government” (see Vol. I, ff. 114-115). <<A landmark in the early flowering of the Religious Jewish Community of America.>>