Auction 104 Part 1 Rare and Important Items
Tikun Keriah Lechol Yom – Order of Sabbatean Tikunim Edited by Nathan of Gaza – Frankfurt, 1666 – Rare
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Tikun Keriah Lechol Yom, Tikun for every day "for every man to establish his footsteps in the straight path before G-d" – Sabbatean order of Tikunim compiled by Nathan of Gaza, "prophet" of the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi. [Frankfurt]: printer not indicated, 1666.
Includes Tikun Lailah and Tikun HaYom: psalms and other Biblical passages, like the Tikunim printed in Amsterdam.
15, [2] leaves at end: Tractate Avot, first chapter of Tractate Shabbat (instead of a chapter from Derech Eretz Zuta, which appears in other Tikunim), and a prayer to recite after the Tikun.
12, 14-60; 15, [2] leaves. Lacking leaf 13 of first sequence. 13.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Tears, including open tears affecting text of several leaves, mostly repaired with paper (sometimes covering parts of text). Close trimming, affecting page headers in several places. Parchment binding, with fabric laces.
Tikunim such as the present one, with variants, were printed in 1666 in various cities, including Amsterdam (where many Tikunim were printed), Constantinople, Mantua and Prague.
Rare. Only two copies are recorded in OCLC (NLI copy and Etz Chaim library in Amsterdam).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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