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Auction 1 · Lot 132

Divrei Kehiloth [customs (particularly relating to liturgy) of the Community of Frankfurt]

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$250

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

GEIGER, SOLOMON ZALMAN.

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1862-68

Description

FIRST EDITION. Issued in 12 separate parts, here bound in one

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 658

summary

Important for detailed sources relating to “Minhag Frankfurt” and all those congregations who follow this preeminent German rite. The author’s brother was Abraham Geiger, prominent early leader of the Reform Movement. See E.M. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch p.56
Fore-edges chipped toward end, contemporary half-cloth over marbled boards, Solomon N. Freehof copy, 8vo
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