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

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 8
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

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

Half-title inscribed: “<<REBECCA S. SEIXAS, NEW YORK, PRESENTED TO HER BY THE EDITOR.>> ” ff. 121. Touch foxed, bookplate. Contemporary calf, worn, backstrip damaged. 4to. Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12.

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell 1838

Est: $2,000 - $3,000
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. <<A fine association copy. >> Rebecca Seixas was the wife of Isaac Benjamin Seixas (1781-1839) of Richmond, Virginia.