Seder Tefillot LeYoshev Tehillot, siddur for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals, with Passover Haggadah and Pirkei Avot, and with Tehillim and Maamadot, according to the Ashkenazic (Polish) rite. Amsterdam: Moshe son of Avraham Mendes Coutinho, 1708.

Fine illustrated title page with various Biblical figures and scenes.

Contains year-round prayers, prayers for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hoshanot, Shir HaYichud, Chanukah, Yotzrot for the Four Parashiyot, Selichot and more.

Copy of R. Yaakov Shamash, teacher of the Chatam Sofer. Ownership inscription in his handwriting on title page: "…Yaakov Shamash, 24th Elul 1755, here in Frankfurt…".

R. Yaakov Shamash (d. 1785), a leading rabbi in Frankfurt am Main before the arrival of the Haflaah to serve as rabbi of the city. He served as head of the Beit Din and Rabbi of the Great Beit Midrash Kloiz in Frankfurt (he was the fourth signatory of the letter of Frankfurt sages regarding the Get of Cleves). He was one of the teachers of the Chatam Sofer in his early years, who refers to him with the honorific "my teacher and rabbi".

Glosses and corrections in margins and within text – possibly handwritten by R. Yaakov Shamash.

[1], 59, 65-124, [1]; 135, 93, [1] leaves. 20.5 cm. Browning of some leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears and open tears, including to title page, repaired with paper (affecting illustrated title page), and large open tear to last leaf, affecting text. Stamps. Early leather binding (with non-original leather spine), with clasps. Damage to binding.

CB, no. 2276.