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
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.
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.