Selichoth Le’Ashmoroth HaBoker [penitential prayers for the month of Elul]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $2,800

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

author

(SABBATIANA).

printer

David de Castro Tartas

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1666 (“Moshi’a”/Savior)

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 331; Fuks, 445; Roest p. 699 (incomplete); cf. Mehlman 463.

summary

Rare complete copy. Prayer-book published at the height of Sabbatian fervor - particulalrly in cosmpolitan Amsterdam

ff. 71(1). Some staining, edges worn with paper repair on corners of a few leaves, loss of few letters on final leaf supplied in facsimile. Contemporary vellum, worn. 12mo.

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