(Liturgy). Seder Tephilath Yisrael - Israelitisk Bonnebog for hele Aaret. Bound With: Danske Bonner for Israeliter.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $3,000

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author

(DENMARK).

printer

Philipsen

Place

Copenhagen

Publication

1856

Description

Prepared by A. A. Wolff. Hebrew and Danish text.

summary

FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION INTO DANISH OF THE HEBREW LITURGY. Scarce - a fire destroyed a great many copies shortly after its publication. A second edition was issued in 1858. “The father of Danish homiletics,” Darmstadt-born Abraham Alexander Wolff (1801-91) assumed the office of Chief Rabbi of Denmark in 1829, a position he served until his death.

pp. (5), vi-xii, 427, (1) + (10), 141. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep. 8vo.

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