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Auction 11 · Lot 77

Nisa Berachah Me’eth Hashem [Compendium of short prayers]. According to Aschkenazic rite]

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$10,000

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1592

Description

With autographed(?) biographical inscription on title relating to Solomon Dubno

summary

Seemingly unrecorded by Vinograd (though cf. Venice 773, unseen). Unknown to Habermann’s di Gara Census. Possibly a later edition of his compendium of 1586 (Habermann no.83) with a new title. Includes prayers for: Grace after Meals, Sabbath Songs, Wedding, Circumcision, Funeral, Miscellaneous Blessings, as well as a Hagadah for Passover
ff. 58. Lightly worn and stained in places, small taped repair to title. Recent boards. 12mo
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