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Beit Tefillah Sephardic Siddur – Some Prayers in Red – Vienna, 1857 – Decorated Leather Binding – Rare
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Beit Tefillah, Sephardic-rite siddur with prayers for Rosh Chodesh and Shabbat. Vienna: Adalbert della Torre, 1857.
Some prayers printed in red ink (it is unclear why some leaves are printed entirely in black while others have words, sentences and prayers in red ink).
Siddur for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah and Purim. With psalms for Three Festivals; Birkat HaMazon; Birchot HaNehenin; Reading of Shema; Pidyon HaBen; fast days prayers; Selichot; Sefirat HaOmer; and more. On p. 193b, Lamnatzeach Menorah.
[1], 193, [2] leaves. Leaf 193 bound at end of volume, out of place. 12 cm. Gilt edges. Overall good condition. Many stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Tears to color endpaper. Original leather binding, with gilt decorations. Defects to binding (tears to sides of spine).
Recorded in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy in a private collection. Not recorded in NLI catalog.
Stamp on title page and endpaper of "Avraham Marx".
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books