Siddur Saphah Berurah [Daily Prayers]. * Bound with: Sepher Tehilim [Psalms]. With Judeo-German translation by Wolf Heidenheim.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $400

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Wolf Heidenheim

Place

Rödelheim

Publication

1826-7

Description

Separate title-page for Psalms. Romantic engraving opposite title, captioned LeSivlonoth [“For the Engagement of…”] Text of prayer-book in square Hebrew characters, Judeo-German translation in Waybertaytsh type letters.

references

Vinograd, Roedelheim 119, 125.

summary

Provenance: From the library of a prominent, pre-war Frankfurt Jewish family (details of which will be provided to the successful bidder).

ff. 3, 224, 36, 45-104, 36, 92, 12, 8. Foxed in places, corners of final few leaves curled. All edges gilt, three colored silk placeholders. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, with green morocco spine labels, rubbed. Housed in slip-case (torn).

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