Auction 49 Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Jan 20, 2016 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 488:

Beit Tefillah – Pisa, 1815 – Miniature Siddur

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Beit Tefillah siddur, year-round prayers, Sephardic tradition. Pisa (Amsterdam letters), [1815]. Printed by Shlomo Molcho. Miniature volume, with an original leather binding. [2], 2-204 leaves. 7.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Ancient leather binding, damages and tears to binding. Rare. According to bibliographic records, two editions were printed that year in Pisa. One including 210 leaves and the other including only 196 leaves. This copy is the second edition, with the addition of Leaves 197-204 with piyyutim of Rabbi Moshe Adahan, and colophon on Leaf 204/b.

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