Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Seder HaAvodah – Siddur with German Translation – Fine Velvet Binding with Decorations – Mannheim, 1855
Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Seder HaAvodah, Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die öffentliche und häusliche Andacht, weekday, Shabbat and festival siddur, with German translation, edited by M. Prager. Mannheim: J. Bensheimer, 1855. Hebrew and German.
Edited by Rabbi of Mannheim Moshe Prager, based on the traditional Orthodox text, but open to Reform variants.
Fine velvet binding, decorated with metal corners and clasp, and metal monogram on front of binding (all decorations gilt).
IX, [2], 416 pages. 19 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains (inkstains to several leaves). Marginal open tears to several leaves, repaired with paper filling. Light wear to top of spine and edges of binding.
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books