Gebete der Juden

(LITURGY)

J. M. Schmidt

Berlin

1799

Translated from the Hebrew and with remarks by Isaac Euchel. Includes Ethics of the Fathers. Second, revised edition. German interspersed with Hebrew. Most attractive contemporary binding: Rich red morocco, finely tooled in gilt including Danish dedication, gilt dentelles, a.e.g.

Isaac Euchel (1758-1804), one of the founding fathers of the Haskalah movement, prepared the very first translation of the Hebrew prayers into the German language. Fürst (Pt. I, p. 259) records the second edition of 1799 as appearing in Vienna. He writes that this second edition leaves out the remarks (i.e., notes) by Euchel. Evidently, there appeared in that year two imprints - our Berlin imprint with notes, and a Vienna imprint without notes.