Siddur in silver-decorated binding, produced by silversmith Isaac Beauclair (Baucair). Kassel, Germany, ca. 1705.

Print on paper; wood and leather; silver, cast, cut and repoussé (clasps marked with hallmark of Kassel, the letter K; and the maker's mark, the letters IB in a frame).

Brown leather binding decorated identically on both sides, with four leaf-like corner illustrations and two identical decorations attached to clasps and pins. A large, blank medallion is fixed in the center of both sides, surrounded by a repoussé frame.

The book: Year-round prayers with Yiddish commentary. Amsterdam: Moshe son of Avraham Mendes Coutinho, 1705.

Siddur for women. Includes divisional title pages for Tehillim and techinot. On title page, woodcuts depicting the three mitzvot of challah, niddah and candle-lighting.

[3], 315, [1], 92 leaves, 20.2 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and some wear. Some leaves loose.

Binding: 14.5X21 cm. Fair-good condition. Wear to leather coating and old repairs to leather pieces. Wooden boards somewhat crooked. Back binding partially detached and front binding loose.

Reference: Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, II, nos. 2621, 2630.