Sidur Siphthei Tzadikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Volume Sixth - Fast Day Service. Prepared by Isaac Leeser. List of Subscribers at end.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1838

Description

Half-title inscribed: “REBECCA S. SEIXAS, NEW YORK, PRESENTED TO HER BY THE AUTHOR. ”

references

Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12.

summary

Sidur Siphthei Tzadikim, Rev. Isaac Leeser’s comprehensive prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. A landmark in the early flowering of the Religious Jewish Community of America.

ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12. Contemporary calf, scratched, spine-labels removed. 4to.

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