Beith Tephilah [Week-day and Sabbath prayers]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

di la Torre

Place

Vienna

Publication

1857

Description

According to Sephardic rite. Printed in red and black throughout

references

Unknown to Vinograd and all other bibliographers

summary

AN UNRECORDED AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL PRAYER BOOK. Primarily printed in black with continuous flourishes in red - extending from two words (f.171r) to three entire pages - and yet excluding a two-word head-note! (ff.81r - 82r). The appearance here of typeface in red is often used to highlight a particularly poignant or solemn passage of the prayers and yet at times the reason for its appearance here seems to be no more than bibliophilic fancy!

ff. (2), (193). Lightly browned in places, some pages loose. Contemporary boards, front cover detached, lacking spine. 16mo

Enquire about this lot