Beith Tephilah [Week-day and Sabbath prayers]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

della Torre

Place

Vienna

Publication

1857

Description

According to Sephardic rite. Printed in red and black throughout.

references

Unknown to Vinograd and all other bibliographers

summary

Primarily printed in black with continuous flourishes in red - extending from two words (f.171r) to three entire pages - excluding a two-word head-note! (ff.81r-82r). The appearance here of typeface in red is often used to highlight a particularly poignant or solemn passage of the prayers, and yet at times the reason seems to be no more than bibliophilic fancy! AN UNRECORDED AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL PRAYER BOOK.

ff.(1),(195), lightly browned in places, label removed from rear pastedown, later gilt-ruled morocco, spine in compartments, a.e.g., gilt dentelles, 16mo

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