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LOT 20:
Divrei Tzaddikim Siddur – Philadelphia, 1848 – First Ashkenazi Siddur Printed in America – Fine Copy with Original ...
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Divrei Tzaddikim Siddur – Philadelphia, 1848 – First Ashkenazi Siddur Printed in America – Fine Copy with Original Elegant Leather Binding
Divrei Tzaddikim, The Book of Daily Prayers, containing year-round prayers according to the Ashkenazic and Poland customs. Proofread and translated by Isaac Leeser (Yitzchak son of Uri Ben Elazar). Philadelphia: Conger Sherman, 1848. First edition.
First Ashkenazic siddur printed in the American continent. Hebrew and English on facing pages, with corresponding numbering.
Fine copy, bound in original elegant leather bindings, with gilt decorations.
On front endpaper and additional leaf printed next to it – inscriptions on births, marriages and deaths, with texts of gravestones in English and Hebrew, dating to the second half of the 19th century, of the Hass family (of Hartford, Connecticut).
VIII, 242, 243, [1] pages. 23 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding with gilt decorations. Damage to binding (repairs to edges of spine).
PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.
