Sidur Siphthei Tzadikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Volume Sixth - Fast Day Service. Prepared by <<Isaac Leeser.>> List of Subscribers at end.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 21
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Sidur Siphthei Tzadikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Volume Sixth - Fast Day Service. Prepared by <<Isaac Leeser.>> List of Subscribers at end.

Half-title inscribed: “<<REBECCA S. SEIXAS, NEW YORK, PRESENTED TO HER BY THE AUTHOR.>> ” ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12. Contemporary calf, scratched, spine-labels removed. 4to. Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12.

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell 1838

Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,500
Sidur Siphthei Tzadikim, Rev. Isaac Leeser’s comprehensive prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. A landmark in the early flowering of the Religious Jewish Community of America.