Seder Tephiloth mikol HaShanah [prayers for the whole year]

Estimate: $80,000–$120,000
Hammer price: $80,000

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

Venturino Roffinello for Meir b. Ephraim and Yaakov b. Naphtali

Place

Mantua

Publication

1558

Description

Printed entirely on vellum.. According to Aschkenazic rite. With instructions in Yiddish. Title within architectural arch. Opening of Adon Olam (f. 2a) and initial letters of Pirkei Avoth (f. 257a) historiated. Bound into two volumes. Portion of the Aleinu prayer censored (f. 280a).

references

Vinograd, Mantua 55; St. Cat. Bodl. 2084 (Ed. hic terrarum rarissima); Freimannn, Pergamentdrucke ZfHB Vol. 15 no. 84.

summary

A Complete Edition. Printed Entirely on Vellum. Of Exceptional Scarcity. A complete Ashkenazic Siddur for all festivals and occasions including special Yotzroth for Brith Milah and Weddings. Also with a Hagadah for Passover, as well as the complete Pirkei Avoth. See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Vellum no. 25.

ff. 352. Title and final page abraded, few leaves occasionally worn or stained. Modern calf with clasps and hinges. Housed in custom slip-case. 12mo.

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