Bidspirit auction | Treasure Trove! Volume of Five
Treasure Trove! Volume of Five Extremely Rare Prayer Books - the Presses of Bragadin and Vandermin - Venice Early-Mid 18th Century - Five prayer books bound together - from the Presses of Bragadin and Vandermin - Venice 1743-1754 - extremely rare - some of them have never been auctioned! ~ Tefillot Kol Hashanah - custom of Italian communities - prayers of the days of the week, Sabbaths and Jewish festivals, two sections - Bragadin Press - Venice, 1750 - Rare! to the best of our knowledge, this edition was never auctioned! 140; 88 leaves. Condition: wear slightly affecting the text of several leaves. Moth damage at the end of the book. Fair-good condition. ~ Tefillat Yesharim - orayers for the days of the week by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena, Perek Shurah, Tefillat Haderech and Hatavat Chalom - Bragadin Press Venice, 1754 - extremely rare - to the best of our knowkedge, has been auctioned only once before - in the Rare Book Collection of the National Library. 16 leaves. Condiiton: wear alightly affecting the text. Good condition. ~ Tachanunim Hanohagim Mebnei Chevrat Chatzot Lailah - fine illustrated title page - Vandermin Press - Venice, 1744 - extremely rare! [4] leaves (incomplete). Condition: good. ~ First time auctioned! Mamadot and Shir Hayichud - and at its end a prayet to pray for his pregnant wife - Bragadin Press - venice, 1748 - rare variant! one of three Mamadot books that were published by Bragadin in this year - to the best of our knowledge, has never been auctioned! 54 leaves. Condition: trimmed edges affecting the text on the bottom of some leaves. Good condition. ~ Matzil Nefashot - prayers for the road, prayer for the sea and prayer for surviving a plague - by Rabbi David Sabibi - Bragadin Press - Venice, 1743 - extremely rare! - in the Rare Book Collection of the National Library! 31 leaves. Condition: trimmed edges affecting the text on the side of some leaves. Good condition. Bound after the Mamadot are Seder Keri'at HaTorah for the days of the week (18 leaves) and Tikkunei Shabbat (16 leaves) without title pages. There is a copy of Tefillat Yesharim in which the above Seder Haparashiyot was bound at its end. (In the National Library, as stated, the copy is without Seder Haparashiyot). Ancient half-leather binding with the inscription ”תפלות כל השנה”.