Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items
Year-Round Polish-Rite Siddur for Women, With Tehillim and Techinot – Amsterdam, 1791 – Elaborate Copy in Colorful Parchment Binding, Decorated with Impressive Silver Clasps
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,750
Including buyer's premium
Year-round siddur, according to the Polish rite, with Yiddish commentary, Tehillim arranged according to the days of the week, and order of techinot. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his brother-in-law Baruch, [1791].
Siddur for women, with Yiddish commentary in Tzenah URenah typeface on margins.
Divisional title pages for Tehillim and Techinot.
Elaborate copy, bound in original parchment binding, hand-illustrated in several colors, with inscribed decorations of vegetal patterns, and with a large and impressive pair of silver clasps, also decorated with vegetal patterns.
[1], 243; 105; 144 leaves. 18.5 cm. Decorated gilt edges. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Wear and signs of heavy use to margins of several leaves. Tears to several leaves, partially repaired with tape, some over text. Original colorful parchment binding. Damage and wear to binding. Tear across sides of spine and front of binding (spine somewhat detached).
Not documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books