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Sephardic-Rite Siddur – Printed on Parchment – Amsterdam, 1760 – Pocket Edition - Siddur according to the Sephardic rite. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, [1760]. Pocket format. Copy printed entirely on parchment. Includes prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals. On title page: ”Arranged so as not to require searching previous pages, and we added several bakashot and tehillim for Motzaei Shabbat, and Torah readings for Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, Purim and more”. The center of the title page and last page features the famous Proops family printer's device, hands delivering the priestly blessing. 216 leaves. Approx. 10 cm. Good condition. Stains, including a few dampstains. Light wear. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations. Wear and defects to binding (repairs to spine and corners of binding, and new endpapers).