LEESER, ISAAC (Ed.). Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell

Philadelphia

1837-38

Complete set of six volumes. Hebrew with English translation face `a face. Three-page supplement to Vol. III (Day of Atonement Service) bound in end Vol. III. Vol. I (Daily Prayers): pp. 8; ff. 216. * Vol. II (New Year): ff. 121. * Vol. III (Day of Atonement): ff. (2), 246; pp. 3, (1 blank). * Vol. IV (Tabernacles): ff. 176. * Vol. V (Passover and Pentecost): ff. 182. * Vol. VI (Fast Day): ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12.

Goldman 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12

The First Comprehensive Set of Machzorim Printed in America. A Complete Set in Six Volumes of the Jewish Liturgy for the Entire Year. Exceptionally Rare. Sidur Sifthei Tzadikim, Leeser’s comprehensive Sephardic prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the original Hebrew text and an English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences both in America and the British Colonies in the Caribbean and thus included both "A Prayer for a Royal Government" and "A Prayer for a Republican Government" (Vol. I, ff. 114-115).