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Auction 8 · Lot 280

PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$400

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

author

(BIBLE, Hebrew

printer

Widow and Orphans Romm

Place

Villna

Publication

1885

Description

Bound into ten slim volumes

summary

The consigner relates that the book was rebound in this unusual way by a Jew exiled to a labor camp in Siberia to enable him to inconspicuously continue his daily recitation of the Psalms
pp. (1), 1-38, 39-76, 77-112, 113-148, 149-184, 185-222, 223-260, 261-298, 299-336, 337-378. Lightly browned. Cloth backed boards with Hebrew numbering inlaid, rubbed at edges. Housed in simple tin box box. 24mo
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