Minhagim. According to the custom of Germany and Poland

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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

author

(CEREMONIES)

printer

Zalman Hanau

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1714

Description

Title within typographic border. Numerous woodcut illustrations of ceremonies. Judeo-German translation by Simon Levi Ginzburg, printed in Wayber-taytsch type

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 320 - no copy in the JNUL

summary

An excesivley rare early Frankfurt Minhagim BOOK, with new woodcut illustrations. In contrast to the illustrations of the Amsterdam mould, the Frankfurt “Minhagim-style” illustrations in the current edition, despite a striking angularity in their starkness, present a charming representation of the Jewish ceremonies

ff. 80. Lightly browned, few light stains in places. Recent cram calf-backed blind-stamped vellum, gilt- titled on upper cover. 8vo

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