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Auction 95 · Lot 220

Siddur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the custom of German of Polish Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$550

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

author

(LITURGY).

printer

C. Sherman

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1848

Description

Hebrew and English on facing pages. FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Philadelphia 18; Goldman, 37.

summary

Prepared by Rev. Isaac Leeser, the champion of American Jewish Orthodoxy, this is the First Ashkenazi Prayer Book Printed in America.
ff. (4),243. Stained in places, stamp removed from title. Original deep maroon morocco inlaid with gilt strap-work design, extremities rubbed. 4to.
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