Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Mishnat Chassidim – Amsterdam, 1764 – Siddur Ha'Ari Nusach Sefarad (Ashkenazi) – Elaborate Binding

Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $4,750
Including buyer's premium
Mishnat Chassidim with Siddur Nusach Sefarad (Ashkenaz, with corrections in parentheses for Nusach Sefarad), by the Mekubal Rabbi Emanuel Chai Riki: "He arranged the year-round prayers according to the holy pure Siddur of the Ari". Amsterdam, [1764]. Printed by Leib Zusmensch. Approbations of Rabbi Shaul, Av Beit Din of Amsterdam and Rabbi Shaul HaLevi, Av Beit Din of Hague.
[4], 230 leaves. 19 cm. High-quality paper, good condition, rust stains and spotting. Ownership stamps. Elaborate leather binding, adorned with Dutch-style gilded impressions from the time of printing. gilt-edged. Minor damages on the binding.
One of the first Nusach Sefarad – Nusach Ha'Ari, Kabbalist- Ashkenazi Siddurim, which later became the Nusach of prayer accepted by all Chassidic communities.
Additional [7] leaves are listed in the Bibliography Institute CD, listing no. 0182654, which do not appear in this copy, nor in the copy scanned for HebrewBooks. The copies in the National Library of Israel also do not include these seven leaves.
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