Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Prayer Book, Slavita 1818 – The First Prayer Book Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapiro Press
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
“Yearly prayers as customary in Ashkenaz, with Tikun Chatzot, all the Yotzrot [liturgical hymns], Slichot, Hosha’anot and Pesach Haggadah…”, includes Pirkei Avot, Perek Shira, laws and more. Slavita, [1818]. The First Prayer Book Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapiro Press in Slavita.
. Numerous glosses in ancient handwriting.
Incomplete copy: 1-8, 45-170; 84; 14 leaves (originally: 1-170; 84; 14 leaves). Contains beginning and end. 17 cm. Greenish paper, severe moth damage with damage to text (professionally restored), usage stains. Elegant semi-leather binding.
Rare edition!
. Numerous glosses in ancient handwriting.
Incomplete copy: 1-8, 45-170; 84; 14 leaves (originally: 1-170; 84; 14 leaves). Contains beginning and end. 17 cm. Greenish paper, severe moth damage with damage to text (professionally restored), usage stains. Elegant semi-leather binding.
Rare edition!
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir