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Auction 14 · Lot 258

Tikunei Shabbath [prayers rites and hymns for the Sabbath]

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$2,750

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

n.p.

Place

(Prague

Publication

1700)

Description

Printed in parallel columns. Printed without nikud

references

Vinograd, Prague 662

summary

Of particular interest - among the morning blessings... a “politically correct” version: “Blessed are You..for creating me a Jew,” rather than the traditional “shelo asani goy.” See recto of first leaf
ff. (14). Browned, stained in places, trace marginal worming on last few leaves, Hebrew manuscript inscriptions including the text of Kiddush for the Sabbath on front-free endpaper. Recent boards. Sm. 4to
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