Bidspirit auction | Selichot for the Entire Year

Selichot for the Entire Year – According to the Ashkenazic Rite. Prague, [1729]. Illustrated title page. Very rare! - A comprehensive Selichot rite for all occasions throughout the year—including Selichot for Shovavim Tat, the 20th of Sivan, prayers for cessation of rains, and more—according to the customs of the communities of Poland, Moravia, and Ashkenaz. With commentary in the Ashkenazic vernacular (Yiddish / Ivri-Taytsh). Printed by the press of the grandsons of Yehuda Bak Mechokek, Prague. 5489 [1729]. 82 leaves [unnumbered]. Large format: 33 cm. A fine illustrated title page, depicting Moses and Aaron, with two cherubim. Condition: Fair to good. Age toning. Heavy signs of use; wax stains with minor losses to the text. A few tears and reinforcements. Occasional wormholes. Worn, old half-leather binding. Exceptional Rarity A book of the highest rarity and bibliographic importance: – Not held by the National Library – Not recorded in the Hebrew Bibliography Project – Not listed in WorldCat – Recorded by van Straelen, Hebrew Books in the British Museum An early and ornamented printing of a large-format Selichot volume—among the rarest Ashkenazic prayer books of the early 18th century—a copy of outstanding bibliographic and collectible significance.