Seder Tephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. According to Sephardic rite

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,600

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

author

(MINIATURE BOOK).

printer

Herz Levi the Physician

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1739

Description

Prepared by Zemach and Yakov David, the sons of Meir Crescas. Divisional title

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1505

summary

“A delightful miniature prayer-book in Hebrew is the Seder Tefilloth according to Sephardi rites, printed by Dr. Naphtali Herz Levi in Amsterdam in 1729 [sic]. I have seen beautifully bound copies of this scarce volume.” See L.W. Bondy, Miniature Books (1981) p. 31

ff. 318. Previous owners signature and inscription dated 1818 on verso of flyleaf, slight marginal wear on first few leaves due to clasp. Contemporary, elegent gilt-tooled morocco with clasps and hinges, rubbed, spine slightly chipped. 32mo

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