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Miniature Siddur in Decorated Silver Binding – Germany-France, 19th Century - Miniature siddur in a decorated silver binding. [Germany and France, 19th century]. Silver, cast, stamped and pierced (unmarked, except for a French import mark – a swan – in use from 1893 onward); wood and velvet; print on paper. Miniature siddur bound in original wooden boards covered in velvet, encased in a silver binding decorated with vegetal motifs. Front cover engraved with the initials “C de R”; back cover engraved with the year 5600 [1840]. Matching silver clasp. The book: Seder Rinah U'Tefillah. Roedelheim: I. Lehrberger, 1837. 240 leaves. 8 cm. Good condition. Front endpaper, spine, and front cover detached. Gilt edges. Binding: height: 8.5 cm. Width: 6 cm, spine width: 2.5 cm. Good condition.