Ritual de Oraciones para Todo el Ano [prayers throughout the year]. According to Aschkenazic rite

Estimate: $1,000–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ARGENTINA)

printer

Jewish Colonialization Association, c.

Place

Buenos Aires

Publication

1910

Description

With Spanish translation. Previous owners' inscriptions

summary

Seemingly the first Jewish prayer book printed in Argentina. The title page reads "For the use of the Israelites that are dwelling in Argentina." Argentina's Jewish community dates to 1580, but only took root in the mid-nineteenth century when Jews were granted religious freedom. The population of Argentina (primarily Ashkenazic) increased largely after the establishment of the Jewish Colonialization Association which acquired land in Argentina for Jewish settlers to farm

pp.528. Few taped and marginal repairs, lightly browned, some foxing. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed. 8vo

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