Auction 27 Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Nov 6, 2012 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 44:

Siddur of Prayers, Psalms and Supplications – Amsterdam, 1752 – Dedication

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Prayer book for the whole year, with Yiddish-Teitch translation; Psalms [separate section]. And book of techinot (supplications) for women in Yiddish [separate section]. Amsterdam, [1752].
Elaborate antique binding – leather-covered wood with decorations and metal buckle [missing closure]. Given as a gift to a bride – handwritten dedication on leaf before title page: "This prayer (book) I have given to my wife Mrs. Rechel while she was yet engaged to me, and it belongs to her and she should merit praying from it and using it until ripe old age. With love and fraternity, Avraham ben Yosef Rabbi of Allersheim".
[1], 243, 98; 128; 16 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition, stains. Worn binding. Buckle not intact.

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