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Lot 255

Decorated Silver Binding – William Comyns & Sons – London, 1898

Siddur in decorated silver binding. London, 1898.
Silver, cast, stamped, pierced, and cut (fully marked with English marks, including year mark "C" = 1898, and maker’s mark, "WC" = William Comyns & Sons); print on paper.
Siddur, bound in a small silver binding, with symmetrical and identical decorations on both sides, with vegetal patterns, in openwork (numerous openings). With plain, blank central cartouche, and with infant angels (putti) as corner ornaments.

Book: Beit Tefillah Sephardic-rite siddur. Livorno: Eliyahu ben Amouzag & Sons, [1905]. 208 leaves, 9.5 cm. Overall good condition. Notations in pen, and a pasted note. Edges of several leaves reinforced with paper. Original leather binding. Book block edges painted red.
Height of binding: 10.5 cm. Width: 8 cm. Thickness: 3.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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