Selichoth [penitential prayers for the whole year]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $700

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Moses Kosman ben Elijah Gomperz

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1688

Description

FIRST EDITION. According to the rite of Frankfurt a/Main. Prepared with commentary by Eliakim ben Jacob of Komorno. Text in Yiddish only, printed in Wayber-taytsch type. Striking title page set with seven engraved Biblical vignettes. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 560; Fuks, Amsterdam 500

summary

The first of some 50 Hebrew books produced by this Dutch printer (also known as Cosman Elias Gomperts), he was the son-in-law of the famed diarist Glueckel of Hameln

ff. (1), 79. Ownership and purchase notation by Raphael Halevi Hannover, 1721 on title-page. Lower portions of ff. 2 and 5 with some loss, stained. Modern boards. 4to

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