Auction 23 · Lot 76

(Liturgy). Kos Yeshuoth- Die vollständigen Gebete der Israeliten für das ganze Jahr [daily prayers for the entire year]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,500

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

author

(BINDING)

printer

Wolf Bascheles

Place

Prague

Publication

1867

Description

Engraved frontispiece with vignettes of Moses, Aaron, David and Solomon and a Rabbi teaching a class of children. Hebrew and German in columns. Arranged by Dr. R. J. Fürstenthal. Elaborate Contemporary Decorative Beaded Binding Prepared for a Woman. Intricate in-layed bead-work panels on upper and lower covers. Upper cover with central delicate posy of flowers and inscribed with the name “Julie Gluicksman”, lower cover with lighted candle at center and the year “1860” within blue scrolling border

summary

An unusual binding for a woman’s prayer-book, very likely accomplished by the female owner herself

pp. xii;400;32. Lightly browned, trace foxed in places, a.e.g. Contemporary crimson morocco boards with beaded panels, remains of hinges, lacking clasp. 8vo

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