Order of Prayers [at a time of cholera]

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

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Lot 171

(LITURGY).

Order of Prayers [at a time of cholera]

Single printed page. Text in Judeo-German. One leaf. Unbound. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Unrecorded.

Breslau: 28th Elul 1831

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

A cholera pandemic spread through Europe at this time. The present announcement urges the recitation of early morning Selichoth (penitential) prayers due to the worrisome health crisis.