Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Feb 18, 2021
USA
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
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LOT 226:
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Sold for: $2,800
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(LITURGY).
Selichoth [penitential prayers for the 15th of Kislev]. With evening service. Prepared by Isaac ben Chaim of Cracow and Berlin.
With supplement in Judeo-German: “Mesirath Moda’a” for women.
ff. 23, (3). Browned. Valmadonna binnding: Calf-backed marbled boards, titled in gilt at spine. 12mo. Vinograd, Wandsbeck 2a.
Wandsbeck: Israel ben Abraham 1709
Prepared according to the custom of the Burial Society of Halberstadt, who fasted and recited penitential prayers on the 15th of Kislev each year to atone for potential mistreatment of the deceased under their care. This date was also adopted by Burial Societies in other communities as well. For more on the activities of the elusive printer, see M. Heller, ‘Israel ben Abraham, His Hebrew Printing-Press in Wandsbeck and the Books He Published’, in: Further Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book (Leiden 2013) pp. 169-93.
