Bidspirit auction | Prayer Books [3], with Ladino

Prayer Books [3], with Ladino - • Renanot u’Bakkashot. Collection of hymns and supplications for weekdays and days of rest, festivals of joy, circumcision blessings, and weddings. Constantinople (Istanbul), 5683 [1923]. Approximately one hundred songs and piyyutim in Hebrew and Ladino. With a detailed index; some of the poems are vocalized. The title page states: “Printed by the bookseller… Benjamin Raphael ben Yosef, ” who was apparently also the compiler and editor. Collation: [4], 100 pp. With an additional wrapper title page not recorded in the bibliographies. 15 cm. • Haftarah for the Eighth Day of Passover, by Ephraim Melamed. Smyrna (Izmir), [5673 / 1913]. Hebrew and Ladino. On the back cover appears a list of books offered for sale by Melamed’s publishing house. Collation: [1] leaf, 7, [1] pp.; plus [1] page. • Seder Minchah for the Eve of Rosh Chodesh. Order of study for the eve of Rosh Chodesh, with piyyutim, supplications, and prayers; including Anakat Asir by the author of Chemdat Yamim, the annulment of vows, prayers for the cemetery, and several piyyutim not previously printed in Mishmeret Taharah. Salonika, 5686 [1926]. Anakat Asir and the Seder Moda‘ah are also translated into Ladino. Printed by Ovadia S.T. Na‘ar, at the Bizis Press. Collation: 201, [1] pp. Condition: Overall good. A few minor wormholes.