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Auction 51 · Lot 362
SILVER-BOUND PRAYER-BOOK.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $2,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Venice, Bragadin for Gad ben Samuel Foa, 1748
Description
Seder Tephiloth [prayers for entire year]. According to Italian rite. With Ethics of the Fathers. Hebrew with vowel points. On front fly inscription: "To Morris J. Lazarow, Rabbi; for the twentieth anniversary of his ministry; from his friend, J. L. Riggs, Priest. Baltimore, October 17, 1935."
Silver binding with central motif of merman and crown overhead, suggesting King Neptune. Both covers with silver mark.
ff. 208. Lightly browned and stained, few leaves tattered, central silver clasp removed. 12mo.
[Unrecorded, although cf. Vinograd, Venice 1847].