Seder HaTephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite. With translation into Judeo-German. Includes Seder Tehillim [Psalms] and Seder Techinoth [supplications].

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Seder HaTephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Aschkenazic rite. With translation into Judeo-German. Includes Seder Tehillim [Psalms] and Seder Techinoth [supplications].

Historiated engraved title page depicting traditional commandments of the Jewish woman, here shown in 18th-century Dutch-Jewish attire. Two divisional titles within typographic borders for Psalms and Techinoth. Headpieces and tailpieces. Printed on thicker paper. Browned. Marbled boards, lightly worn. Thick 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 801; Fuks, Amsterdam 582.

Amsterdam: Moses Mendes Coutinho 1705

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

A “Weibertefille,” a Prayer-book intended especially for women. The striking original engraved title-page depicts the three duties of the Jewish Married Woman: the taking of Challah; kindling the Sabbath candles and observance of Family Purity (see Mishnah, Shabbath, Chap. II). Illustrated in M.H. Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry (1971) p. 185, no. 7 and A.M. Habermann, Title Pages of Hebrew Books (1969) pl. 83.