Seder Ha’tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Ashkenazi rite. With translation into Judeo-German.

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $9,500

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Moses Mendes Coutinho

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1705

Description

Engraved title page, with additional engraved divisional titles for Psalms and Techinoth. Previous owner’s family record on front free end-paper.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 801; Fuks, Amsterdam 582; M. H. Gans, Memorbook, p.185 (illustrated)

summary

A “Weibertefille,” intended specially for women. The striking original engraved title depicts the three Duties of the Jewish Married Woman: The taking of Challah; lighting of Sabbath candles and observance of Family Purity See M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry” (1971) p. 185 no.7 and A.M. Habermann, Sha’arei Sepharim Ivri’im pl. 83.

ff. (3), 315, (1), 92. Lightly browned and stained in places, Attractive contemporary hunter lacquered calf, two handsome engraved silver clasps with collinade-form hinges and four silver corner pieces all engraved with floral motifs. Gauffred edges. 4to.

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