Orah Ve-Simchah La-Yehudim

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,400

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

author

(DUTCH JUDAICA)

printer

Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1768

Description

Dutch and Hebrew

references

Not in Vinograd

summary

Liturgical verse commemorating a Royal visit paid by Prince William and princess Wilhelmina of Orange. Apparantly only a handful of these pamphlets were printed, for use by the honored visitors and communal leaders only. Appended: Two-page manuscript prayer recited by the Aschkenazic Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, Saul Lowenstamm (Author of Binyan Ariel), with verses woven in gold on red fabric, for presentation to the Prince and Princess

pp. 28, 2. Contemporary marbled stiff wrappers, chipped. 4to

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