(LITURGY). Leinen Siddur [prayers throughout the year]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Joseph Magil

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1904

Description

Linear Yiddish translation. With three photographic illustrations instructing the correct method of prayer. Music sheet

summary

Possibly the earliest children's prayer book in America. At the turn of the twentieth century, the philadelphia Jewish community proved to be cohesive, innovative and influential, possibly even more so than their New York counterparts who were still struggling to organize its community. Philadelphia provided a number of pioneering facilities for American-Jewry, printed, institutional and otherwise

ff.12,276. Lightly browned, trace foxed. Contemporary boards, worn. 4to

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