Tephilah mikol HaShanah Minchah Ketanah LeHolchei Derech Ule’Ovrei Yamim LehaNos’im LiMedinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem]

AUCTION 73 | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 17
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Tephilah mikol HaShanah Minchah Ketanah LeHolchei Derech Ule’Ovrei Yamim LehaNos’im LiMedinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem]

Fine Condition. Previous owner’s signature (see below) in a neat Hebrew and Latin calligraphic hand, dated 1856. pp. 400. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain morocco; with accompanying fitted box. 24mo. Vinograd, Fürth 929.

Fürth: Zürndorffer & Sommer 1855

Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $4,600
<<An attractive copy.>> A miniature pocket-sized prayer book specifically printed, as stated on the title page, for Jewish immigrants undertaking the lengthy journey from Europe to America. Includes prayers for weekday and Sabbath, selected Festival portions, Ethics of the Fathers and the weekday Biblical reading. The previous owner, Yitzchak Moshe b. Tzvi (Isaac Moses Hartwig Gluckstadt), was a prominent Danish banker.