Bidspirit auction | (TEHILLIM). (Psalms).  Sepher Tehilim. With

(TEHILLIM). (Psalms).  Sepher Tehilim. With Shimushei Tehilim and prayers on behalf of the sick. ELEVEN ORIGINAL UNCUT, UNDIVIDED PRINTED SHEETS.   Despite some spotting, generally very clean. Unbound. Sheet size: 45 x 52 cm. Vinograd, Amsterdam 2460. Amsterdam, Yochanan Levi Rofé & Son, 1817. A rare survival of an old Hebrew printed book in sheets, showing the technique of half-sheet imposition (“work and turn”). After cutting and folding, the book would be a duodecimo with a page size of approximately 13 x 8 cm.  On the technique of half-sheet imposition see K. Povey, On the Diagnosis of Half-sheet Imposition in: The Library (1956) pp. 269-72. This edition of the Tehillim was printed on behalf of the Ets Hayyim Burial Society of the Portuguese Jews, Amsterdam. Certified on the verso of the title with a signature of representative of the Society.  Description prepared by the late Dr. A.K. Offenberg, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Amsterdam.  Two Copies.