Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Sephardic-Rite Siddur in French – Marseilles, 1807 – Edited by Rabbi Mordechai Venture – Original Leather Binding – Unknown Edition
Opening: $200
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Year-round siddur, Prieres journalieres à l'usage des juifs portugais ou espagnols, translated into French and edited by R. Mordechai (Mardochée) Venture. Marseilles: printer not indicated, 1807. French.
Includes French prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, Purim and more. Only titles of prayers printed in Hebrew.
Fine original leather binding, with gilt decorations and inscription of owner's name on binding.
[2], XIX, 502 pages. 18 cm. Gilt edges. Overall good condition. Stains, including large stains to margins of some leaves. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Original leather binding with gilt decorations and original color endpaper. Defects to binding (front of binding detached).
Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books