Fanny Schmiedl Neuda. Stunden der Andacht: Ein Gebet- und Erbauungsbuch fur Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen zur oeffentlichen und haeuslichen Andacht [“Hours of Devotion: Book of Prayer and Edification for Jewish Wives and Young Women.”]
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 190
(WOMEN).
Fanny Schmiedl Neuda. Stunden der Andacht: Ein Gebet- und Erbauungsbuch fur Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen zur oeffentlichen und haeuslichen Andacht [“Hours of Devotion: Book of Prayer and Edification for Jewish Wives and Young Women.”]
Prague: Wolf Pascheles 1855
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
<<The first Jewish women’s prayer book to be written by a woman.>>
Fanny Neuda’s collection of Jewish prayers is unique by virtue of it being the first collection of Jewish prayers composed in German by a Jewish woman. In addition to containing traditional prayers, the work included both public and private events in the life of a Jewish woman. It attained great popularity and was published in more than thirty editions.