Weinberg, Morris. Hasepher Tehilim - This Book the Psalms of King David Written by Hand. (Facsimile edition).

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Chicago

1912

Hebrew title with scribe’s hand at centre, additional title in English with American Flag. Photographic portrait of Weinberg displaying the Manuscript. Four illustrated divisional titles. Numerous delightful illustrations within the body of the calligraphic Hebrew text. Page of approbations and prayers to avoid nightmares, etc. List of subscribers (including Dr. Solomon Schechter and the encyclopedist J.D. Eisenstein of New York) and memorial tablet on last page

Enchanting example of American-Jewish Folk Art. A Most Unusual Volume. The manuscript itself is presently in the Library of the JTSA, New York. See Jewish Museum Catalogue, The Jewish Heritage in American Folk Art (1984) no.90; and J. Ungerleider-Mayerson, Jewish Folk Art (1986) p.34