Sidur Saphah Berurah.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $11,000

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Heidenheim

Place

Rödelheim

Publication

1806

Description

FIRST EDITION. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim.

references

Vinograd, Roedelheim 43 (erroneous collation).

summary

The very first issue of Heidenheim’s famed Roedelheim Siddur. A grammarian and printer, Wolf Heidenheim (1757-1832) turned the Rödelheim district of Frankfurt into a major center of Hebrew printing in the first half of the 19th century.

ff. (8), 188. Worn from use, stained in places. Loose in contemporary calf, very worn. 8vo. Housed in custom solander-box.

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