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LOT 28:
Miniature Siddur – Amsterdam, 1739
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Miniature Siddur – Amsterdam, 1739
Siddur for everyday use and for festivals, according to the Sephardic custom. Amsterdam, [1739].
Particularly miniature edition. Composed of two parts. Part 1 for every day and Shabbat use. Part 2 (with separate title page) for festivals.
On the reverse side of title page, the publisher, Naftali Hertz HaLevi writes, "In Amsterdam, I have seen a miniature siddur with small lettering without vowels, and youngsters cannot read the text when praying. I felt their discomfort and have printed this siddur… in the smallest volume ever printed in thin small letters with new and attractive vowels…".
Handsome copy with original elaborate binding. 318 leaves. 6 cm. Very good condition. Few stains. Gilded edges. Minor damages to binding.
See the Bibliography Institute CD, Listing 0306843 for differences among the various copies of this siddur.
