Gebete der Juden.

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $350

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author

(LITURGY).

printer

Solomon Proops

Place

Amsterdam,

Publication

1807; and Berlin, Chanoch Ne’arim, 1786

Description

Translated into Judeo-German with annotations by David Friedlaender. Two parts in one (second part, commentary to Ethics of Fathers, with text). * ACCOMPANIED BY: Gebete der Juden. FIRST EDITION. Engraved Hebrew and Yiddish title pages.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2356; Berlin 348

summary

The Gebete der Juden represents the first German translation (in Hebrew characters) of the prayer-book. The 1786 edition is described as the second part of “Tephiloth Yisrael” an edition of the prayers containing grammatical notes by Isaac Satanow. See S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993) p.262.

Together 2 volumes. Both browned, contemporary calf and boards, upper covers loose, rubbed. 8vo

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