Bidspirit auction | (BIBLIOPHILIA). Beth Tephilah [prayers through

(BIBLIOPHILIA). Beth Tephilah [prayers through the year]. According to Sephardic rite. REMARKABLE FEAT OF PRINTING WITH AN INORDINATE USE OF RED COLORED TYPE. ff. (1), (195). Lightly browned in places, label removed from rear pastedown. later gilt-ruled morocco, spine in compartments, a.e.g., gilt dentelles, 16mo. Unrecorded by Vinograd and other standard bibliographers. Vienna, A. della Torre, 1857. Primarily printed in black with continuous flourishes in red - extending from two words (f. 171r) to three entire pages - excluding a two-word head-note! (ff. 81r-82r).  The appearance here of typeface in red is often used to highlight a particularly poignant or solemn passage of the prayers, and yet at times the reason seems to be no more than bibliophilic fancy! AN UNRECORDED AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL PRAYER BOOK.