Seder Ha’tephiloth Mikol Ha’shanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to the custom of Polish Jews. With Psalms and Techinoth. Divisional titles.

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $6,500

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

author

(BINDING).

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Jochanan Levi Rophé

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1786

Description

Contemporary vellum binding, elaborately gilt-tooled and hand-colored in green, red and black inks within an arch form and central obelisk, embellished with birds, flowers, tooled scrolls and flourishes on upper and lower covers.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2156

summary

A beautiful Dutch, hand-colored vellum Hebrew Binding. A quite unusual and uncommon work of craftsmanship. Central motif of a pair of cherubs supporting a crown indicate the owner was one of the Elders of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Congregation. See M. Gans, Memorbook. p.189 for other examples of fine Dutch-Jewish bindings. JIM: BETWEEN LOTS 53 AND 54, PLACE THE LONE BELOW. Brazilian-Judaica: See Lot 57.

ff.(1),243,105,144. Lightly stained in places, a.e.g. 8vo

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