Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

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Fine Tefillat Yisrael Siddur – Bar Mitzva Gift – Vienna

Opening: $220
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Tefillat Yisrael prayer book, Prague, 1894.
Bound in fine red leather with golden illuminations, bearing inscription: "Barmizwah Geschenk vom Israelitischen Tempelverein für den VI. Und VII bezirk in Wien." [Bar Mitzva gift from Jewish Synagogue Association in 6th and 7th areas in Vienna]. Before title-page there is a leaf printed in Gold ink, with room to write a bar mitzvah dedication. This copy is dedicated to Siegfried Neuman.
VII, 848 pages, 11 cm. Very good condition. Slightly damaged spine. Preserved in original cardboard case.
Books printed in Austria, Germany and Amsterdam
Books printed in Austria, Germany and Amsterdam