Lot 96
Karaite Siddur – Vilna, 1891-1892 – Four Volumes
Karaite Siddur. Vilna: Matz, 1891-1892.
Siddur (prayer book) according to the Karaite Rite, in four volumes. The Siddur includes: daily prayers, prayers for Sabbath and holidays, Piyyutim, Haftaroth, songs and blessings, prayer for the royal family (specifically Alexander III of Russia; Hebrew and Russian), and various other texts. At the end of the third volume, prayers for Yom Kippur, translated to the Karaim language, with separate title page (1892).
Four volumes: Vol. I: [2], 464 pp. (some pages bound out of sequence). Vol. II: 312, [1] pp. Vol. III: [2], 330, 14 pp. Vol. IV: 266 pp. 24.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Some tears (slightly affecting text). Leaves trimmed unevenly. Some unopen leaves. Minor worming to leaves and bindings (mostly in Vol. III). Minor wear to bindings.
