Leeser, Isaac (Ed.) Sidur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews [in America]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $300

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

C. Sherman

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1848

Description

FIRST EDITION. Much used: Week-day prayers, Havdallah (wine-stained), Traveler’s prayers. Inscriptions on endpapers relate the prayer-book was given by Siegmund T. Meyer on his wedding-day, May 26th 1853, to his English-born bride Mary Phillips (1832-84) and then further given, to their daughter, Madeline Meyer in 1902.

references

Vinograd, Philadelphia 18; Rosenbach 636; Singerman 1024; Goldman, 37

summary

First Aschkenazi Prayer Book Printed in America. Prepared by the champion of American Orthodoxy, Isaac Leeser. Unlike many other American-issued prayer-books, this particular copy is of note for its well-worn appearance due to devoted daily use.

ff. (4), 243. Worn. Later covers detached, lacks spine 4to.

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