Seder Tephiloth [daily and Sabbath prayers, with other selections]. According to Sephardic rite

Estimate: $40,000–$50,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Proops Brothers

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1760

Description

PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM. Printer’s device on title and final page

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1794

summary

BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED PRAYER-BOOK IN A NEAT LILLIPUTIAN SIZE, PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM. A touching display of the spiritual devotion harbored by the wealthy patron of this de-luxe liturgical edition. For despite the expense necessitated in commissioning this prayer-book on vellum, the unknown devotee of fine printing clearly sang his prayers on a regular basis from this very volume.

ff.216. Light wear through usage, trimmed. Expertly recased with new endpapers, into contemporary dark blue calf, the covers with decorative gilt border composed of floral rolls with Roman ornament blocked in the center, the spine in four compartments with raised bands, lettered in one the others with floral and foliate tools within strapwork borders, modern slip-case, rubbed and scuffed. Thick 24mo

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