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Seder Tephiloth LeChodashim U’LeMo’adim [prayers for the entire year]. According to the Sephardi rite

Auction 72 · Lot 185

Seder Tephiloth LeChodashim U’LeMo’adim [prayers for the entire year]. According to the Sephardi rite

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$2,000

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

author

(MINIATURE BOOK).

printer

Naphtali Hertz Levi Rophé

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1739

Description

Prepared by Meir Crescas. Divisional title on f. 223

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1505.

summary

A MOST ATTRACTIVE COPY IN A HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING. “A delightful miniature prayer-book in Hebrew is the Seder Tefilloth according to Sephardi rites, printed by Dr. Naphtali Herz Levi in Amsterdam.” L.W. Bondy, Miniature Books (1981) p.31.
ff. 318. Slightly foxed in places, otherwise a fine copy. All edges gilt. Contemporary blind-tooled salmon-tinted vellum with murex shell motifs, spine in compartments, starting. Housed in contemporary slip-case with green floral patterns. 32mo.
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