Tephiloth Yisrael / Gebete der Juden

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,700

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author

(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES)

printer

Chevrath Chinuch Ne’arim Press

Place

Berlin

Publication

1786

Description

Two parts in one. Part One: Hebrew text of the prayers for weekday, Sabbaths and festivals, including Ethics of the Fathers, with grammatical notes supplied by Isaac Satanow. Part Two consists of Judeo-German translation and notes by David Friedländer. Formerly in the collection of Prof. Abraham J. Karp, New York

references

Vinograd, Berlin 348

summary

The first German translation (in Hebrew characters) of the prayer-book. See S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993) p.262. It had been suggested by the late Professor Abraham Karp that the appearance of the initials “M.M.D.” blind-tooled by the binder onto the spine of this volume indicates that that the original owner was none other than M[oses] M[endelssohn] of D[essau]

I. ff. (5), 162. * II. ff. (8), 172, 49, (2). Browned. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf, rubbed. Thick 8vo

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