Kestenbaum & Company

No image is available in the source archive.

Auction 40 · Lot 131

Sidur Kol Bo [Daily Prayer Book Issued to Commemorate the Martyrs of the Holocaust 1939-1945]

Estimate
$150–$250
Hammer price
$125

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

author

(HOLOCAUST)

Place

Münich

Publication

1946

Description

According to Nusach Sfard. Haskamah of the Chief Rabbi of Munich, Baruch Leizerowski (originally from Lodz, later, Av Beith Din of Philadelphia). Additional title page with facsimile of Sidur Kol Bo, Venice 1567

summary

Colophon reads: "Published with approval of UNRRA Headquarters, Ulm (Danube) on the 27. xi. 1946.” With memorial prayer (E-l Maleh Rachamim) for “the martyrs of our people who were slaughtered, burnt, drowned and asphyxiated by the accursed Nazis during the years 1939-1945 in the ghettos and extermination camps” (p.251)
pp. (4), 15, (1), 767, (11). Final leaf slightly torn, browned, institutional stamps. Original boards, title gold stamped. 12mo
Enquire about this lot
Stay informed

The next discovery, in your inbox.

Auction announcements, catalogues and news from Kestenbaum.