Auction 75 · Lot 342
CONTINENTAL SILVER BINDING.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- $10,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
High-relief repousse binding featuring central medallion on each cover engraved in Hebrew with names of bride and groom: Chaim ben Pinchas and Mindele bath Reuven, and dated 1776. Two hinged clasps. Marked. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm). Upper portion of spine with silver lacking and revealing a contemporary tinted vellum binding.
summary
FITTED WITH: Seder HaTephiloth [liturgy for the year]. According to Aschkenazi rite, with translation into Judeo-German. Includes Tehillim and Techinos. [Vinograd, Amsterdam 1917]. Amsterdam, Proops, 1765-6.