Tikun Shlomo – Tikunei Shabbat – Amsterdam, 1809 – Original Leather Bindings Adorned with Silver Clasps – Notable ...

Tikun Shlomo – Tikunei Shabbat – Amsterdam, 1809 – Original Leather Bindings Adorned with Silver Clasps – Notable Ownership Inscription on the Gift of the Book to a Grandson Who Later Died Young

Tikun Shlomo – Tikunei Shabbat according to the Arizal, with prayers and blessings for various occasions, laws and customs. Amsterdam: widow and sons of Yosef Proops and Avraham Prinz, [1809].
Original leather binding, with silver clasps, marked by maker.
Copy containing a notable inscription attesting that the book was given as a gift by a grandfather to his grandson on the day of his circumcision, and that the grandson later died in his youth.
The inscription about the gift is written in neat Torah scroll characters on a piece of parchment mounted on the interior of the original paper wrapper, and dated 5th Tamuz 1834. On the margins of the parchment is added an inscription lamenting the death of the grandson on Wednesday 22nd Adar (March 6) 1850.

[2], 6; 180 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Many stains, wear and open tears to margins of several leaves, affecting text. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations and silver clasps. Wear and damage to binding (tears to top of spine).

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