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

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(MINIATURE BOOK)

printer

N.H Levi the Physician

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1739

Description

Prepared by Meir Crescas. This copy with two divisional titles

references

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

summary

Uncommon with additional divisional title. According to 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.” Miniature Book: See also Lot 246

ff. 318. Lightly browned, stained in paces. Later maroon morocco. 38x56 mm

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