Selichoth mikol Hashanah [penitential prayers for the whole year]

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

The Widow & Orphans Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1800

Description

Two volumes. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary and translation into Yiddish, printed in wayber-taytsch type.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 2293

summary

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 similar examples of Dutch-Jewish bindings.

ff. (1), 52, 120 and (1), 52, 186. Lightly browned, stained in places, Contemporary uniform gilt-tooled tan mottled-calf, adorned with floral arabesques and two angels supporting a crown. Spine in compartments, with gilt-tooled Hebrew lettering and numbering, a.e.g. 4to

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