Seder Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite

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

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

author

(MINIATURE BOOK).

printer

Hertz Levi the Physician

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1739

Description

Prepared by Meir Crescas. Divisional title

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1505; and see L.W. Bondy, Miniature Books (1981) p.31

summary

This copy no doubt that seen by Bondy: “A delightful miniature prayer-book in Hebrew is the Seder Tefilloth according to Sephardi rites, printed by Dr. Naphtali Herz Levi in Amsterdam in 1729 [sic]. I have seen beautifully bound copies of this scarce volume, one in contemporary painted vellum with attractive Dutch flowered endpapers.”

ff.318. Ex-library, light marginal wear. Contemporary faux tortoise shell, contemporary yellow on green flowered paste-downs, a.e.g., upper cover starting. 38x56 mm

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