Tephilah mikol HaShanah Minchah Ketanah LeHolchei Derech Ule’Ovrei Yamim LehaNos’im LiMedinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem]

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $4,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

printer

Zürndorffer & Sommer

Place

Fürth

Publication

1855

Description

Fine Condition. Previous owner’s signature (see below) in a neat Hebrew and Latin calligraphic hand, dated 1856.

references

Vinograd, Fürth 929.

summary

An attractive copy. A miniature pocket-sized prayer book specifically printed, as stated on the title page, for Jewish immigrants undertaking the lengthy journey from Europe to America. Includes prayers for weekday and Sabbath, selected Festival portions, Ethics of the Fathers and the weekday Biblical reading. The previous owner, Yitzchak Moshe b. Tzvi (Isaac Moses Hartwig Gluckstadt), was a prominent Danish banker.

pp. 400. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain morocco; with accompanying fitted box. 24mo.

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