Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Tehillim and Seder Maamadot by the Shelah - Amsterdam, 1740-1742 - First Edition of Seder Maamadot with Additions by the Shelah

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Tehillim, divided for the days of the week and the days of the month, with two commentaries, one concise and one lengthy. Amsterdam: Proops, [1740]. Bound with: Seder Maamadot, arranged for the days of the week, by R. Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz - the Shelah. Amsterdam: Proops, [1742].
Book of Tehillim, with a fine illustrated title page. Small format, "in a small volume, for ease of travel, with most beautiful letters, paper and ink" (as printed on the title page). Both commentaries were first printed with Siddur Shaar HaShamayim of the Shelah (Amsterdam, 1717), edited by the Shelah's great-grandson, R. Avraham Horowitz. The book opens with instructions for reciting psalms, by R. Avraham Horowitz.
The lengthy commentary is by R. Moshe son of Yisrael de Mercado, out of his Commentary to Kohelet and Tehillim (Amsterdam, 1653), and was reprinted in the 1717 edition with changes (see: R. Yitzchak Yeshaya Weiss, The Editions of Siddur HaShelah and the Commentaries Therein, Tzefunot, XVII, 1993, pp. 28-31). The concise commentary was possibly composed by R. Avraham Horowitz.
This Tehillim is bound with Seder Maamadot, arranged by the Shelah, as stated on the title page, with a commentary (by R. Avraham Saraval). The foreword on verso of the title page states that the printer of the first edition (appended to Siddur Shaar HaShamayim, Amsterdam, 1717) was not able to print the Maamadot with the additions of the Shelah, which are integrated in this edition for the first time.
Proops' printer's mark appears at the beginning of both books.
Two books bound together. 152; 60 leaves. 15.5 cm. Tehillim in good condition. Stains. Marginal tear to one leaf, slightly affecting text. Stamp on title page. Seder Maamadot in fair-good condition. Stains. Dark stains to margins of many leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Bibles and Tehillim
Bibles and Tehillim