Auction 54 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Feb 7, 2017 (Your local time)
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LOT 28:

Siddur of Prayers for Year-round Use - London, 1770

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Tephilloth, Containing the Forms of Prayers Which are Publicly Read in the Synagogues, and Used in All Families. Translated by B. Meyers and A. Alexander. London, [1770].
Siddur for year-round use. Prayers according to the Eastern Ashkenazi tradition (Poland), with English Translation, one page facing another.
On page 119b is a prayer in honor of King George III and the royal family. At the end of the siddur is a 10-page list of subscribers.
[2], 3-202 leaves, 203-213, [12] pages, [4] pages (introduction and table of contents bound at the end of some copies of the book). Lacking Hebrew title page. Leaves 118-130 were bound upside-down. Leaf 213 appears a second time (detached; from a different copy). 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight wear. Tears to title page margins. Library stamps. New binding, with library stickers.

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