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Three Prayer Books from Amsterdam Presses

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Sold for: $525
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Three prayer books from Amsterdam presses:


• Passover Haggadah with instructions and comments in Yiddish, and with illustrations. Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe and his son-in-law Kashman, [1765].
Illustrations around the first letters of some paragraphs. Instructions and comments in Yiddish, in Tzenah URenah font.
38 leaves. Approx. 17 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Heavy wear. Tears, including open tears affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Close trimming to several leaves. Original leather binding, worn, front side disconnected, missing spine.
Yaari 156; Otzar HaHaggadot 245.


• Siddur for the whole year according to the Polish rite, with Parashiyot, Perakim, Shir HaYichud, Tehillim and Techinot. Amsterdam: Kashman son of Yosef Baruch and sons, [1782].
Year-round siddur according to the Polish rite, with Yiddish translation to Siddur and Tehillim. Divisional title pages for Tehillim and Techinot.
[1], 243; 105; 135, 137-144 leaves. Missing leaf 136 from the last sequence. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and minor marginal tears to several leaves. Early leather binding, with clasp. Wear and damage to binding.
Registered in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book Project based on a form from a private collection.


• Likkutei Tzvi, with additional Bakashot from Shaarei Tzion, with Igeret HaTeshuvah and Yesod HaTeshuvah by Rabbeinu Yonah and other additions. Amsterdam: Widow of Yosef Proops Katz and Avraham Prins, [1809].
In this edition, the publisher R. Avraham Prins of Amsterdam (a leader of the community and founder of the Organization of Officials and Administrators of Amsterdam) added nine sample leaves with a commentary on Tosefta Yoma from Toldot Yitzchak by his teacher R. Yitzchak Segal of Lemgo.
[1], 9, [1], 61, 64-83, 85-151; 5 leaves. Approx. 13 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Title page partially disconnected. Early binding, with significant wear and damage.

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Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books